Mike, /dev/hda3 is the location of the swap partition, not /dev/hda2. Change that in the startup scripts. What distribution are you running? Troy Mike Glaser wrote: > > I am getting an error at boot time that concerns me. I am not > exactly sure what it means. Perhaps someone can straighten > this out for me. > > Let me begin by saying I used PowerQuest Drive Image 3.0 to > make an image of one linux system and I restored it two a > different PC with a drive that was of the same capacity, but a > different brand (IBM Deskstar --> Maxtor DiamondMax). The > system had Windows on it previously, and when I booted, I just > saw 'LI' and the system hung. I booted with a linux floppy, > logged in, typed 'LILO' and rebooted. The system came up fine > except for the error below: > > Activating swap partitions swapon: /dev/hda2 : Invalid Argument > > The system appears to run fine however. Here is what my > partition table looks like: > > Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System > /dev/hda1 * 1 372 2988058+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda2 373 1010 5124735 5 Extended > /dev/hda3 1011 1027 136552+ 82 Linux Swap > /dev/hda5 373 1010 5124703+ 83 Linux > > I used fdisk delete my swap partition, then I recreated it. That > didn't change anything. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Mike Glaser > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- Troy Johnson mailto:john1536 at tc.umn.edu http://umn.edu/~john1536/ No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. -- "Political Disquisitions", a British republican tract of 1774-1775 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org