[SunHELP] "Overlapping swap files are not allowed" -- what gives?

[Phil Stracchino]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:02:24PM -0400, Eric LeBlanc wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
> > My U30 running Solaris 9 keeps giving me the following messages on boot:
> >
> > /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 Overlapping swap files are not allowed
> > /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1 Overlapping swap files are not allowed
> >
> 
> Type 'format' and check if you have allowed 2 partitions of swap that they
> don't overlap...
> 
> For example:
> 
> partition1: from cylinder 1 to 200
> partition2: from cylinder 50 to 1000
> 
> In this case, partition2 is overlapping the partition 1.  The same story
> may occur with your swap partitions.

Well, since they're on different physical disks, they can't very well be
overlapping each other.  And they don't overlap any other partition
except the backup partition, which is SUPPOSED to cover the entire
disk....


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c0t0d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248>
          /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/sd at 0,0
       1. c0t1d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
          /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/sd at 1,0
       2. c0t9d0 <SUN9.0G cyl 4924 alt 2 hd 27 sec 133>  Fujitsu
          /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/sd at 9,0
       3. c0t10d0 <SUN9.0G cyl 4924 alt 2 hd 27 sec 133>  Fujitsu
          /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/sd at a,0
....
selecting c0t0d0
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 7506 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
  0       root    wm       0 - 1780        4.00GB    (1781/0/0)  8392072
  1       swap    wu    1781 - 2003      513.00MB    (223/0/0)   1050776
  2     backup    wm       0 - 7505       16.86GB    (7506/0/0) 35368272
  3       home    wm    2004 - 3784        4.00GB    (1781/0/0)  8392072
  4        usr    wm    3785 - 4999        2.73GB    (1215/0/0)  5725080
  5        usr    wm    5000 - 6999        4.49GB    (2000/0/0)  9424000
  6        usr    wm    7000 - 7499        1.12GB    (500/0/0)   2356000
  7        usr    wu    7500 - 7505       13.50MB    (6/0/0)       28272

c0t1d0
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 24620 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

  0       root    wm       0 -  2904        4.00GB    (2905/0/0)   8392545
  1       swap    wu    2905 -  3268      513.00MB    (364/0/0)    1051596
  2     backup    wu       0 - 24619       33.92GB    (24620/0/0) 71127180
  3       home    wm    3269 -  6173        4.00GB    (2905/0/0)   8392545
  4        usr    wm    6174 -  8155        2.73GB    (1982/0/0)   5725998
  5        usr    wm    8156 - 11785        5.00GB    (3630/0/0)  10487070
  6        usr    wm   11876 - 24609       17.54GB    (12734/0/0) 36788526
  7        usr    wu   24610 - 24619       14.00MB    (10/0/0)       28890



I don't see any overlaps except with the aforementioned backup slice.  Do you?

Is it the backup slice that it's pissing about?


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