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Hi all, I'm trying to setup a simple swapfile, using the commands shown below, and getting swapfile has holes error. #dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=20 20+0 records in 20+0 records ...
  1. 11-23-2010 #1
    ash1412
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    swap file has holes

    Hi all,

    I'm trying to setup a simple swapfile, using the commands shown below, and getting swapfile has holes error.

    #dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=20
    20+0 records in
    20+0 records out

    #mkswap /swapfile

    #swapon /swapfile
    swapon: swapfile has holes
    swapon: /swapfile: Invalid argument

    can any body help to solve this problem?

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    Ashwani
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    Quote Originally Posted by ash1412 View Post
    Hi all,

    I'm trying to setup a simple swapfile, using the commands shown below, and getting swapfile has holes error.

    swapon: swapfile has holes

    Ashwani
    Take a look at Creating a swap space
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