RHEL AS4 server hangs indefinetly after displaying "Loading SwapSpace [ok]" during boot.

[jerome dsilva]

Ideally the mnimal amount of swqp space should be  
(amount of RAM+1Mb).

Thanks
Jerome

--- Jose Thomas <tjose at kasenna.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> When I got this similar problem on a Dell PE 2850
> Server, created an additionaly swap space fix the
> issue. Not sure about the actual RAM you have in the
> system and the amount of swap you alloted for the OS
> to use. On my Dell PE server actually had 4GB RAM
> and I gave 1GB while installing and system hung at
> the point "Loading Swap space....". When provided an
> additional swap space the system boots up and both
> the swap space is noted to be under use. 
> 
> Can somebody can detail whether a very small swap
> space create this kind of problem. Especially with
> AS4.
> 
> Jose 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
> Cyril Lamy
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 7:37 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: RHEL AS4 server hangs indefinetly after
> displaying "Loading SwapSpace [ok]" during boot.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I had the same problem on my Dell Optiplex GX270,
> Booting linux in single mode (append the word
> 'single' to the kernel parameters at grub prompt)
> and disabling selinux (in /etc/selinux/config) solve
> the problem for me (but i don't know why it works
> ...).
> 
> 
> 
> unix syzadmin a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > mkswap is used to create swap area.  I can do that
> only if I can get 
> > the system booted.
> >
> > Please suggest,
> > Regards,
> > -GnanaShekar-
> >
> >   
> 
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