swapgen vdisk fails to initialize after installation with the following message "swapon: /dev/dasdX: stat failed: No such file or directory" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Issue
- swapgen vdisk fails to initialize after installation with the following message "swapon: /dev/dasdX: stat failed: No such file or directory" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
During/after installation, this swapgen vdisk 300 is added as /dev/dasdf in /etc/fstab
/dev/dasdf swap swap defaults 0 0
After installation, the device is detected as dasdb. Snip from lsdasd
Bus-ID Status Name Device Type BlkSz Size Blocks
==============================================================================
0.0.0300 active dasdb 94:4 FBA 512 2047MB 4194296
Executing swapon /dev/dasdf results in
[root@test tmp]# swapon -a
swapon: /dev/dasdf: stat failed: No such file or directory
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 2
- S390
- System Z
- Swapgen vdisk defined in FBA mode
- Kickstart installation
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.
Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.
