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Date:      Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:23:41 +0200 (MEST)
From:      Lutz Kittler <Lutz.Kittler@sse-erfurt.de>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Swap-Space
Message-ID:  <15727.349.167382.859992@master.sse-erfurt.de>
In-Reply-To: <20020830011043.GG49032@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References:  <15726.4051.211067.109514@master.sse-erfurt.de> <20020830011043.GG49032@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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Greg 'groggy' Lehey writes:
 > On Thursday, 29 August 2002 at 14:13:07 +0200, Lutz Kittler wrote:
 > >
 > > Hi,
 > >
 > > when I look at my swapspace I see :
 > >
 > > Device            1K-blocks   Used    Avail Capacity  Type
 > > /dev/da0s1b        524160      116   524044     0%    Interleaved
 > > /dev/da0s1b        524160       64   524096     0%    Interleaved
 > > /dev/rda0s2b       524160        0   524160     0%    Interleaved
 > > Total             1572480      180  1572300     0%
 > 
 > This looks dangerous.
 > 
 > > In fstab there is :
 > >
 > > /dev/da0s1b		none		swap	sw		0	0
 > > /dev/da0s2b		none		swap	sw		0	0
 > >
 > > Why do I see /dev/da0s1b twice and why all 2 are used ?
 > 
 > Good question.  Check your other /etc/rc* files and see if you're
 > inadvertently adding something twice.  The /dev/rda0s2b loos
 > particularly surprising.
 > 
 > Looking at the summary, it's possible that you could end up with
 > extreme data corruption here if the VM system thinks that the last two
 > partitions are distinct and overwrites data on them.  You should
 > resolve this problem as soon as possible.  Try this:
 > 
 > 1.  Boot to single user.
 > 2.  Mount /usr.
 > 3.  Do 'pstat -s'.  You should see no swap.
 > 4.  Do 'swapon -a', then 'pstat -s'.  You should see only two swap
 >     partitions.
 > 5.  Continue booting to multi-user.  You should still see only two
 >     swap partitions.
 > 
 > If this doesn't work, please report where it goes wrong.
 > 
 > Greg

Hi ,

I did the things you said. Just know I see /dev/da0s1b once
but still there is :
 /dev/rda0s2b       524160        0   524160     0%    Interleaved


  lutz

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