well, I just restored my system using fsarchiver. YIPEE! I did it right. It restored. It took like half an hour to restore 23GB out of a 200GB archive (meaning 23GB of data and 177GB of empty space). Is that good or bad? On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > thanks for the help eric.... you inspired me to find the solution using > google..... well, actually I didn't use google, I used DuckDuckGo. I like > it better because as you scroll down the search results more is added > instead of having to go to the next page. I think it is kinda cool that an > identifier has been associated with all of our hardware by linux > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 6:29 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < > kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: > >> The problem is that there is a UUID in the /etc/fstab file with no device >> to match it to. >> If it is the swap, run: >> swapon -s >> and you'll see that swap didn't get mounted. >> I advitsed you about this in one of me previous messages. >> Options: >> look at /etc/fstab and: >> find what is mounted with UUID and replace it with the device's or, >> find what is mounted with UUID and replace the device's UUID.. >> ET >> PS: Or use 'raw device' (ei: /dev/sdaN) to identify the device on >> /etc/fstab >> >> >> Michael Havens writes: >> >>> I successfuly repartitioned it. Sorta...... As it is loading an error >>> appears on the screen that says >>> The disk drive for UUID=07f5933-9b67-4105-b9ae-**0d0174fe759d is not >>> ready yet or not present. >>> and then it says to wait or press cntrl-D (I think) or S to skip >>> mounting. >>> So I do one of the two options and the operating system loads. >>> The only thing I can think of that might be causing this is that I moved >>> the swap partition. I also made it smaller because gparted would not >>> create >>> it the same size as it was originally. gparted said it was 4.6GB but now >>> it >>> is 4.56GB. >>> What can I do to fix this? >>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Dale Farnsworth wrote: >>> >>> >>>> > well, I am almost ready to repartition my drive. But I have a >>>> question to >>>> > get opinions on; what is the difference between reiser4 and ext4? What >>>> are >>>> > the benefits and drawbacks of each? >>>> You don't want to use reiser4 unless you have a specific, >>>> well-understood >>>> reason for doing so. I consider reiser4 obsolescent and it has never >>>> had >>>> the reliability of ext3/4. On the other hand, ext4 is a mainstream, >>>> well-supported FS. >>>> Dale Farnsworth >>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: