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newman · 08-19-2015, 04:03 AM

@NiLuJe: Thank You for the Busybox!

I did this:

Code:

[root@kindle us]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/us/swapfile bs=1M count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out

[root@kindle us]# ./busybox mkswap /mnt/us/swapfile 
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1044480 bytes
UUID=bfec37b9-a5b7-46c1-a081-394768e00208

[root@kindle us]# ./busybox swapon /mnt/us/swapfile 
swapon: /mnt/us/swapfile: Invalid argument

And "swapon: swapfile has holes" is in dmesg. How could it be with holes? (It's the same even if I try to activate the swap via swapon -a and a record in /etc/fstab.)

Perhaps I need to use (loop?) swap partition after all?

08-19-2015, 04:03 AM	#59
newman homo viator Posts: 78 Karma: 252594 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kindle DXi with 3.4.2 firmware, Kobo Glo HD	@NiLuJe: Thank You for the Busybox! I did this: Code: [root@kindle us]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/us/swapfile bs=1M count=1 1+0 records in 1+0 records out [root@kindle us]# ./busybox mkswap /mnt/us/swapfile Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1044480 bytes UUID=bfec37b9-a5b7-46c1-a081-394768e00208 [root@kindle us]# ./busybox swapon /mnt/us/swapfile swapon: /mnt/us/swapfile: Invalid argument And "swapon: swapfile has holes" is in dmesg. How could it be with holes? (It's the same even if I try to activate the swap via swapon -a and a record in /etc/fstab.) Perhaps I need to use (loop?) swap partition after all?