Bug #9182
closed
SWAP not working after clean install
Added by Victor Preatoni over 5 years ago.
Updated over 5 years ago.
Affected Architecture:
amd64
Description
After 2.4.4_1 clean install, I realized swap is improperly configured (and not working of course). I used the automatic partitioning method during install.
If doing a ls /dev/label , swap partition is defined as swap0
[2.4.4-RELEASE][root@firewall]/root: ls /dev/label/
swap0
But if checking into /etc/fstab file, swap partition is defined as swap1
[2.4.4-RELEASE][root@firewall]/root: cat /etc/fstab
/dev/ufsid/5c0b0a83b67185f2 / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/label/swap1 none swap sw 0 0
Workaround is to manually edit fstab file and change swap1 to swap0.
- Assignee set to Jim Pingle
- Target version set to 2.4.4-p2
We have confirmed it does affect the CE installer. Still checking on potential causes.
- Status changed from New to 13
- % Done changed from 0 to 50
The installer still needs fixed so it doesn't generate an incorrect fstab.
I have pushed a workaround that will attempt an alternate tactic to find swap devices if fstab is pointing to a swap device that does not exist. This means users don't have to reinstall or manually edit fstab to use swap.
Also note: This does not affect GPT installs, only ufs/MBR that I've seen thus far. GPT uses the GPT id in fstab, MBR uses device labels for swapX
- Status changed from 13 to Feedback
- % Done changed from 50 to 100
Commit pushed to the installer to correct the install-time label generation. Should be fixed in the next new snapshots including the change.
On "2.4.4-RELEASE-p2 (amd64) built on Wed Dec 12 07:39:09 EST 2018 FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p6:
[2.4.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: ls /dev/label/
swap0
[2.4.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: cat /etc/fstab
/dev/ufsid/5c1253b932dc7e15 / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/label/swap0 none swap sw 0 0
[2.4.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: swapinfo
Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity
/dev/label/swap0 373756 0 373756 0%
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
Tested against:
2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Fri Dec 21 17:32:53 EST 2018
FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p6
Looks good:
[2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: ls /dev/label/
swap0
[2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: cat /etc/fstab
/dev/ufsid/5c1fad99eab3e9c7 / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/label/swap0 none swap sw 0 0
[2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: swapinfo
Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity
/dev/label/swap0 209916 0 209916 0%
[2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root:
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