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How do I enable a swap partition that seems to be hiding?
What do I do about a machine that is running out of memory and crashing?Swap partition does not mount on restartDeleted Windows Partitions on drive now what do I do?unable to dualboot win XP with Ubuntu 13.04 on Asus Zenbook UX32aThe volume boot has only 40mb disk space remainingCan't write to flash drive unless rootBoot linux on external hard disk - Send Grub RescueHow to configure existing raid after upgrading to 14.04 from 11Intel RAID5 array Shows < 50% spaceCannot mount storage volumehow to make the Device Partitioning Numbers, in Order ex. “/dev/sda1 to sda5”
In trying to troubleshoot a machine that is running out of memory and crashing kind of a lot:
What do I do about a machine that is running out of memory and crashing?
I've discovered that while there is a Swap partition at /dev/sda8:
Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 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: gpt
Disk identifier: 9A31978F-5B21-44F6-BF08-34F2D2AD62B6
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 2050047 2048000 1000M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda2 2050048 2582527 532480 260M EFI System
/dev/sda3 2582528 2844671 262144 128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda4 2846720 256557055 253710336 121G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5 457578496 485437439 27858944 13.3G Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda6 485437440 500117503 14680064 7G Intel Fast Flash
/dev/sda7 256557056 441047039 184489984 88G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda8 441047040 457578495 16531456 7.9G Linux swap
Though it is there, it ins't being used.
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7G 3.9G 1.8G 1.3G 2.0G 2.2G
Swap: 0B 0B 0B
It looks like it was commented out in fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=1c458890-63a1-4c38-befa-66148cb6f8c2 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=F232-FC61 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda8 during installation
#UUID=968be4fc-0850-471c-b6f8-21ecb10626dc none swap sw 0 0
#/dev/mapper/cryptswap1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/2C883E19883DE1CE /mnt/2C883E19883DE1CE auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/32033d20-8c17-48f4-b014-6f581099441b /media/misc auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
But I'm not even sure if that is the correct uuid, because it /dev/sda8 doesn't show up in ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid/:
amanda@Flatbush:~$ ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Mar 10 19:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 160 Mar 10 19:08 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 1c458890-63a1-4c38-befa-66148cb6f8c2 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 32033d20-8c17-48f4-b014-6f581099441b -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 76B631A3B63164B1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 8E9A2F109A2EF3FD -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 F232-FC61 -> ../../sda2
Given all of that, what is the right way™ to get a swap partition on this machine. Running 18.04.2.
PS. I don't think it matters here, but when I originally built the machine I thought there was a chance he'd hate running Linux so I left the Windows recovery partition. He has been fine with Linux until it started choking.
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In trying to troubleshoot a machine that is running out of memory and crashing kind of a lot:
What do I do about a machine that is running out of memory and crashing?
I've discovered that while there is a Swap partition at /dev/sda8:
Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 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: gpt
Disk identifier: 9A31978F-5B21-44F6-BF08-34F2D2AD62B6
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 2050047 2048000 1000M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda2 2050048 2582527 532480 260M EFI System
/dev/sda3 2582528 2844671 262144 128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda4 2846720 256557055 253710336 121G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5 457578496 485437439 27858944 13.3G Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda6 485437440 500117503 14680064 7G Intel Fast Flash
/dev/sda7 256557056 441047039 184489984 88G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda8 441047040 457578495 16531456 7.9G Linux swap
Though it is there, it ins't being used.
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7G 3.9G 1.8G 1.3G 2.0G 2.2G
Swap: 0B 0B 0B
It looks like it was commented out in fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=1c458890-63a1-4c38-befa-66148cb6f8c2 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=F232-FC61 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda8 during installation
#UUID=968be4fc-0850-471c-b6f8-21ecb10626dc none swap sw 0 0
#/dev/mapper/cryptswap1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/2C883E19883DE1CE /mnt/2C883E19883DE1CE auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/32033d20-8c17-48f4-b014-6f581099441b /media/misc auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
But I'm not even sure if that is the correct uuid, because it /dev/sda8 doesn't show up in ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid/:
amanda@Flatbush:~$ ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Mar 10 19:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 160 Mar 10 19:08 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 1c458890-63a1-4c38-befa-66148cb6f8c2 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 32033d20-8c17-48f4-b014-6f581099441b -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 76B631A3B63164B1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 8E9A2F109A2EF3FD -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 F232-FC61 -> ../../sda2
Given all of that, what is the right way™ to get a swap partition on this machine. Running 18.04.2.
PS. I don't think it matters here, but when I originally built the machine I thought there was a chance he'd hate running Linux so I left the Windows recovery partition. He has been fine with Linux until it started choking.
partitioning swap
asked 2 mins ago
AmandaAmanda
4,313104284
add a comment |
In trying to troubleshoot a machine that is running out of memory and crashing kind of a lot:
What do I do about a machine that is running out of memory and crashing?
I've discovered that while there is a Swap partition at /dev/sda8:
Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 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: gpt
Disk identifier: 9A31978F-5B21-44F6-BF08-34F2D2AD62B6
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 2050047 2048000 1000M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda2 2050048 2582527 532480 260M EFI System
/dev/sda3 2582528 2844671 262144 128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda4 2846720 256557055 253710336 121G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5 457578496 485437439 27858944 13.3G Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda6 485437440 500117503 14680064 7G Intel Fast Flash
/dev/sda7 256557056 441047039 184489984 88G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda8 441047040 457578495 16531456 7.9G Linux swap
Though it is there, it ins't being used.
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7G 3.9G 1.8G 1.3G 2.0G 2.2G
Swap: 0B 0B 0B
It looks like it was commented out in fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=1c458890-63a1-4c38-befa-66148cb6f8c2 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=F232-FC61 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda8 during installation
#UUID=968be4fc-0850-471c-b6f8-21ecb10626dc none swap sw 0 0
#/dev/mapper/cryptswap1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/2C883E19883DE1CE /mnt/2C883E19883DE1CE auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/32033d20-8c17-48f4-b014-6f581099441b /media/misc auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
But I'm not even sure if that is the correct uuid, because it /dev/sda8 doesn't show up in ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid/:
amanda@Flatbush:~$ ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Mar 10 19:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 160 Mar 10 19:08 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 1c458890-63a1-4c38-befa-66148cb6f8c2 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 32033d20-8c17-48f4-b014-6f581099441b -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 76B631A3B63164B1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 8E9A2F109A2EF3FD -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 F232-FC61 -> ../../sda2
Given all of that, what is the right way™ to get a swap partition on this machine. Running 18.04.2.
PS. I don't think it matters here, but when I originally built the machine I thought there was a chance he'd hate running Linux so I left the Windows recovery partition. He has been fine with Linux until it started choking.
partitioning swap
asked 2 mins ago
AmandaAmanda
4,313104284
In trying to troubleshoot a machine that is running out of memory and crashing kind of a lot:
What do I do about a machine that is running out of memory and crashing?
I've discovered that while there is a Swap partition at /dev/sda8:
Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 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: gpt
Disk identifier: 9A31978F-5B21-44F6-BF08-34F2D2AD62B6
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 2050047 2048000 1000M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda2 2050048 2582527 532480 260M EFI System
/dev/sda3 2582528 2844671 262144 128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda4 2846720 256557055 253710336 121G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5 457578496 485437439 27858944 13.3G Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda6 485437440 500117503 14680064 7G Intel Fast Flash
/dev/sda7 256557056 441047039 184489984 88G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda8 441047040 457578495 16531456 7.9G Linux swap
Though it is there, it ins't being used.
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7G 3.9G 1.8G 1.3G 2.0G 2.2G
Swap: 0B 0B 0B
It looks like it was commented out in fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=1c458890-63a1-4c38-befa-66148cb6f8c2 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=F232-FC61 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda8 during installation
#UUID=968be4fc-0850-471c-b6f8-21ecb10626dc none swap sw 0 0
#/dev/mapper/cryptswap1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/2C883E19883DE1CE /mnt/2C883E19883DE1CE auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/32033d20-8c17-48f4-b014-6f581099441b /media/misc auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
But I'm not even sure if that is the correct uuid, because it /dev/sda8 doesn't show up in ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid/:
amanda@Flatbush:~$ ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Mar 10 19:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 160 Mar 10 19:08 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 1c458890-63a1-4c38-befa-66148cb6f8c2 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 32033d20-8c17-48f4-b014-6f581099441b -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 76B631A3B63164B1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 8E9A2F109A2EF3FD -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 10 19:08 F232-FC61 -> ../../sda2
Given all of that, what is the right way™ to get a swap partition on this machine. Running 18.04.2.
PS. I don't think it matters here, but when I originally built the machine I thought there was a chance he'd hate running Linux so I left the Windows recovery partition. He has been fine with Linux until it started choking.
partitioning swap
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