Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:30:56 +0100 (CET) | From | Mikulas Patocka <> | Subject | Re: Unable to format a partition after swapoff |
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Hi.
> I am using dual boot configuration Win95/linux with a shared swap file. > After doing swapoff /dev/hda5 I try to format the partition. However, I > am unable to do it because of some I/O errors. I cannot format it even > after doing several syncs and waiting a few minutes. When I > boot without enabling swap the partition can be formatted normally. > Kernel 2.2.14. > > Has anyone encountered this problem ? In 2.2.1 it worked.
I already found and fixed this bug. Use 2.2.15pre or 2.2.13.
Mikulas
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