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ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument
From: |
Thierry Micoud |
Subject: |
ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Apr 2016 21:18:49 +0100 |
Hi,
Ive been trying to use a swap partition but as the subject title
indicates i get the following error
ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument
when i do
#sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
this is the config.scm file
(use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
(use-service-modules desktop networking ssh)
(use-package-modules certs rsync zsh suckless emacs vim tmux wm admin)
;; For those that want to use the zsh shell
(define zsh-location
#~(string-append #$zsh "/bin/zsh"))
(operating-system
(host-name "yuhata")
(hosts-file (local-file (string-append "/etc/hosts-file")))
(timezone "Europe/London")
(locale "en_GB.UTF-8")
;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root"
;; is the label of the target root file system.
(bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda")))
(file-systems (cons* (file-system
(device "root")
(title 'label)
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4"))
(file-system
(device "/dev/sda3")
;(title 'label)
(mount-point "/home")
(type "ext4"))
%base-file-systems))
(swap-devices '("/dev/sda1"))
(users (cons (user-account
(name "tmx")
(group "users")
(shell zsh-location)
(supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
"audio" "video"))
(home-directory "/home/tmx"))
%base-user-accounts))
;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
(packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access
dwm tmux emacs vim dmenu i3-wm htop
rsync
%base-packages))
(services (cons* (lsh-service)
(console-keymap-service "uk")
%desktop-services))
;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
(name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
and this is the relevent output of fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 232.9 GiB, 250000000000 bytes, 488281250 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x659d198e
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 2048 8390655 8388608 4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 8390656 385878015 377487360 180G 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 385878016 488281249 102403234 48.8G 83 Linux
I cant see what im doing wrong
any help, sugestions will be greatly apreciated
Many thnaks
thierry
- ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument,
Thierry Micoud <=