No boot after change swap partition

[Xenaflux]

First: This is on my << mess around and be happy " computer.-64 bit
No pressure.
What I had:
sda1: 5 gb swap
sda5: pclos-kde4 32bit full updated - partition about 10Gb
sda6: pclos-kde4 64bit full updated - partition about 10 Gb
sda7: Pardus KDE3.5 - partition about 10 Gb
sda8  9  10 11 are empty partitions around 10 Gb

What I did:
I formatted sda5 to fat32 and installed windowsXP...no problems.
I did what I had to do, then....
I decided on a whimp to keep it, just in case..............
I took sda9 and formatted it as swap. As far as I knew, linux would find it automatically.
I used Pclos live ( install ) CD to redo the MBR to sda5 , as it was before

Then I rebooted. PCLOS got stuck.....I pressed escape....I got a message: << cannot open file delete >>
I rebooted into safe mode...same thing

Then I rebooted into the pclos 64 bit thing........same message:<< cannot open file delete >>

Then I rebooted into Pardus KDE3.5, and that booted up normally and was functional.

I repeated all of above again to make sure.

1-- what is the meaning of << cannot open file delete >> ?
2-- what can I possible do to fix this, (( I just want to know. ))
3-- I have no problem with reinstalling, but, where is the fun ?

Any one ?   ?

Thanks
Xena

[Neal ManBear]

Did you add your new swap partition to /etc/fstab?     

[Old-Polack]

First: This is on my << mess around and be happy " computer.-64 bit
No pressure.
What I had:
sda1: 5 gb swap
sda5: pclos-kde4 32bit full updated - partition about 10Gb
sda6: pclos-kde4 64bit full updated - partition about 10 Gb
sda7: Pardus KDE3.5 - partition about 10 Gb
sda8  9  10 11 are empty partitions around 10 Gb

What I did:
I formatted sda5 to fat32 and installed windowsXP...no problems.
I did what I had to do, then....
I decided on a whimp to keep it, just in case..............
I took sda9 and formatted it as swap. As far as I knew, linux would find it automatically.
I used Pclos live ( install ) CD to redo the MBR to sda5 , as it was before

Then I rebooted. PCLOS got stuck.....I pressed escape....I got a message: << cannot open file delete >>
I rebooted into safe mode...same thing

Then I rebooted into the pclos 64 bit thing........same message:<< cannot open file delete >>

Then I rebooted into Pardus KDE3.5, and that booted up normally and was functional.

I repeated all of above again to make sure.

1-- what is the meaning of << cannot open file delete >> ?
2-- what can I possible do to fix this, (( I just want to know. ))
3-- I have no problem with reinstalling, but, where is the fun ?

Any one ?   ?

Thanks
Xena

First, using a liveCD, mount your PCLinuxOS installation's / partition, then edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst so the resume= of each stanza uses the UUID of the new swap partition. Next, edit your installed /etc/fstab to again show the UUID of the new swap partition. Then, from a chroot environment, create a new initrd image for the kernel you currently use. Last, reboot into PCLinuxOS.

What, pray tell, (you may ask) doe's all that mean, and how do I do that? Chroot environment...  what's that?

I thought you'd never ask. Instructions are here.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,96077.msg818283.html#msg818283

If you get stuck, at any stage, ask for clarification. 

[Xenaflux]

@ Neil and OP

Thanks for the quick reply.
I will have a look at it tonight or tomorrow morning, when time permits.

I am of course sure it will work ....as always.
I will let you know

Thanks again

Xena

[Neal ManBear]

Xena,     
  Neal, not Neil.     

[taelti]

Xena,    
  Neal, not Neil.    

 
Um, Neal,  

Um, perhaps its time to change it to what the membership is, um, comfortable with?  

Anyway, to keep within the topic, I had missed the thread about the chroot environment. Now will be a good time to read about it.  

[Neal ManBear]

Xena,    
  Neal, not Neil.    

 
Um, Neal,  

Um, perhaps its time to change it to what the membership is, um, comfortable with?  

     
  Hell no! My name is my name.     

[Vorteggs]

I got a message: << cannot open file delete >>

Are you with LXDE?

This message appears for a short time in my LXDE installs both in 32 and 64-bit.
Not long ago I removed a failing hard disk. After that the KDE install was waiting 1 minute for a partition from that disk to appear.
The same thing went in LXDE but without the message "waiting for dev/sdxn to appear". After minute waiting with the message "cannot open file delete" on the screen booting successfully proceeded on.

[Xenaflux]

Neal, not Neil.

Apologies !
I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.

Hell no! My name is my name.

Darn right. I hate it too when they pronounce my name wrong, which is about 4 times a day, 5 days a week, for the last 15 years.
Next time I get born, I will be more careful in choosing my name.

Are you with LXDE?  >>>>>>NO, KDE4

This message appears for a short time in my LXDE installs both in 32 and 64-bit.

Yes, it appears there immediately and then stays there. Nothing follows...not a word.
However, the scroll bar caries on right to the end.
Was tired of waiting after 30 minutes.



@ Neal ( see, I got it right ) and OP : didn't get to it yet.

[Xenaflux]

@ Neil and OP

Thanks for the quick reply.
I will have a look at it tonight or tomorrow morning, when time permits.

I am of course sure it will work ....as always.
I will let you know

Thanks again

Xena

Guys, I went trough the whole procedure.
Somewhere along the line I probably screwed up.
It was late at night.
My common sense told me to wait till morning.
My impatience told me to do it now.
It hung completely

So, I just reinstalled.
Thanks anyway. I keep the info in my Howto folder

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