Swap Space Signature? (9.1)

From: AC (aec$news_at_candt.demon.co.uk)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 06:35:56 +0100

I have successfully installed a dual boot system and it is working ok. I
happened to install win first on the clean drive - default complete
drive partition ntfs. (I tidied the installation up and subsequently
used chkdsk /f to make sure). Then just used the 9.1 prof Cds to install
suse etc.
I noticed a fleeting error message during the no brainer suse install:
'Error could not create swap partition' I think I was given a choice to
accept or abort. I did not have much to loose, and had experience to
gain, so I accepted.

Now it is all installed etc - with no further help from me, which is
really good since I am a newb still, I (carefully) looked at yast
partitioner and it shows an apparently happy set of partitions:

(only a 40G drive here)
15G for win
1G for swap
20G for linux native

When starting up and using F2 for information I see a line something
like
'unable to find swap space signature'

and there may possibly be something earlier in the list with 'failed'
too - not sure if it was a swap something, it went up the display too
fast (is this in a boot log somewhere?)

It is certainly working, (and I am quietly amused by the apparent bias
in partition size towards linux, I had wondered what it would do)
but are these 'error' and 'failed' events significant for me, should I
be taking any action? 

-- 
AlanC

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