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Getting the error "WRITE ERROR ON SWAP DEVICE" on boot but all works fine when I change the line:



truncate -s $swapsize $flPtDev


by



cp /swap.img $flPtDev


The complete script is the following:



cd /home/myuser/
mkdir ./.myfolder
cd ./.myfolder
swapsize='4G'
curdir=$(pwd)
flNmDev="myfile.img"
flPtDev="$curdir/$flNmDev"
flNmKey="mykeyfile"
flPtKey="$curdir/$flNmKey"
flNmMnt="myDesiredMappedDeviceName"
flPtMnt="$curdir/$flNmMnt"
truncate -s $swapsize $flPtDev # ** THE OFFENDING LINE **
chmod 0600 $flPtDev
chown root $flPtDev
dd if=/dev/urandom of=$flPtKey bs=4096 count=1 conv=notrunc,noerror
sudo chmod 0600 $flPtKey
chown root $flPtKey
cat << EOF > /etc/crypttab
# <target name> <source device> <key file> <options>
$flNmMnt $flPtDev $flPtKey swap,offset=1024,cipher=aes-xts-plain64
EOF
cryptdisks_start $flNmMnt
rpl "/swap.img none swap sw 0 0" "#/swap.img none swap sw 0 0" /etc/fstab
echo "/dev/mapper/$flNmMnt none swap sw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab









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  • I dont see where you're actually creating a swap area. You're just creating a file. mkswap man page.

    – yoonix
    May 9 at 22:58






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    @yoonix Thanks for the help too.

    – Mark
    May 10 at 17:08

















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Getting the error "WRITE ERROR ON SWAP DEVICE" on boot but all works fine when I change the line:



truncate -s $swapsize $flPtDev


by



cp /swap.img $flPtDev


The complete script is the following:



cd /home/myuser/
mkdir ./.myfolder
cd ./.myfolder
swapsize='4G'
curdir=$(pwd)
flNmDev="myfile.img"
flPtDev="$curdir/$flNmDev"
flNmKey="mykeyfile"
flPtKey="$curdir/$flNmKey"
flNmMnt="myDesiredMappedDeviceName"
flPtMnt="$curdir/$flNmMnt"
truncate -s $swapsize $flPtDev # ** THE OFFENDING LINE **
chmod 0600 $flPtDev
chown root $flPtDev
dd if=/dev/urandom of=$flPtKey bs=4096 count=1 conv=notrunc,noerror
sudo chmod 0600 $flPtKey
chown root $flPtKey
cat << EOF > /etc/crypttab
# <target name> <source device> <key file> <options>
$flNmMnt $flPtDev $flPtKey swap,offset=1024,cipher=aes-xts-plain64
EOF
cryptdisks_start $flNmMnt
rpl "/swap.img none swap sw 0 0" "#/swap.img none swap sw 0 0" /etc/fstab
echo "/dev/mapper/$flNmMnt none swap sw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab









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  • I dont see where you're actually creating a swap area. You're just creating a file. mkswap man page.

    – yoonix
    May 9 at 22:58






  • 1





    @yoonix Thanks for the help too.

    – Mark
    May 10 at 17:08













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-1








-1








Getting the error "WRITE ERROR ON SWAP DEVICE" on boot but all works fine when I change the line:



truncate -s $swapsize $flPtDev


by



cp /swap.img $flPtDev


The complete script is the following:



cd /home/myuser/
mkdir ./.myfolder
cd ./.myfolder
swapsize='4G'
curdir=$(pwd)
flNmDev="myfile.img"
flPtDev="$curdir/$flNmDev"
flNmKey="mykeyfile"
flPtKey="$curdir/$flNmKey"
flNmMnt="myDesiredMappedDeviceName"
flPtMnt="$curdir/$flNmMnt"
truncate -s $swapsize $flPtDev # ** THE OFFENDING LINE **
chmod 0600 $flPtDev
chown root $flPtDev
dd if=/dev/urandom of=$flPtKey bs=4096 count=1 conv=notrunc,noerror
sudo chmod 0600 $flPtKey
chown root $flPtKey
cat << EOF > /etc/crypttab
# <target name> <source device> <key file> <options>
$flNmMnt $flPtDev $flPtKey swap,offset=1024,cipher=aes-xts-plain64
EOF
cryptdisks_start $flNmMnt
rpl "/swap.img none swap sw 0 0" "#/swap.img none swap sw 0 0" /etc/fstab
echo "/dev/mapper/$flNmMnt none swap sw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab









share|improve this question
















Getting the error "WRITE ERROR ON SWAP DEVICE" on boot but all works fine when I change the line:



truncate -s $swapsize $flPtDev


by



cp /swap.img $flPtDev


The complete script is the following:



cd /home/myuser/
mkdir ./.myfolder
cd ./.myfolder
swapsize='4G'
curdir=$(pwd)
flNmDev="myfile.img"
flPtDev="$curdir/$flNmDev"
flNmKey="mykeyfile"
flPtKey="$curdir/$flNmKey"
flNmMnt="myDesiredMappedDeviceName"
flPtMnt="$curdir/$flNmMnt"
truncate -s $swapsize $flPtDev # ** THE OFFENDING LINE **
chmod 0600 $flPtDev
chown root $flPtDev
dd if=/dev/urandom of=$flPtKey bs=4096 count=1 conv=notrunc,noerror
sudo chmod 0600 $flPtKey
chown root $flPtKey
cat << EOF > /etc/crypttab
# <target name> <source device> <key file> <options>
$flNmMnt $flPtDev $flPtKey swap,offset=1024,cipher=aes-xts-plain64
EOF
cryptdisks_start $flNmMnt
rpl "/swap.img none swap sw 0 0" "#/swap.img none swap sw 0 0" /etc/fstab
echo "/dev/mapper/$flNmMnt none swap sw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab






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  • I dont see where you're actually creating a swap area. You're just creating a file. mkswap man page.

    – yoonix
    May 9 at 22:58






  • 1





    @yoonix Thanks for the help too.

    – Mark
    May 10 at 17:08

















  • I dont see where you're actually creating a swap area. You're just creating a file. mkswap man page.

    – yoonix
    May 9 at 22:58






  • 1





    @yoonix Thanks for the help too.

    – Mark
    May 10 at 17:08
















I dont see where you're actually creating a swap area. You're just creating a file. mkswap man page.

– yoonix
May 9 at 22:58





I dont see where you're actually creating a swap area. You're just creating a file. mkswap man page.

– yoonix
May 9 at 22:58




1




1





@yoonix Thanks for the help too.

– Mark
May 10 at 17:08





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– Mark
May 10 at 17:08










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Swap files cannot be sparse files. They must be fully allocated. If the system tries to write to a part of a swap file that wasn't allocated, the write error occurs.



Copying the swap file fixes the problem by fully allocating the destination file.



You can fix the original problem by creating a fully allocated swap file to begin with. There are a few ways to do that, but the fastest and easiest to integrate into your process is probably going to be:



fallocate -l $swapsize $flPtDev





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    May 10 at 17:08











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Swap files cannot be sparse files. They must be fully allocated. If the system tries to write to a part of a swap file that wasn't allocated, the write error occurs.



Copying the swap file fixes the problem by fully allocating the destination file.



You can fix the original problem by creating a fully allocated swap file to begin with. There are a few ways to do that, but the fastest and easiest to integrate into your process is probably going to be:



fallocate -l $swapsize $flPtDev





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    Thanks for the help and as @yoonix warned I forgot put the mkswap command on this question too.

    – Mark
    May 10 at 17:08















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Swap files cannot be sparse files. They must be fully allocated. If the system tries to write to a part of a swap file that wasn't allocated, the write error occurs.



Copying the swap file fixes the problem by fully allocating the destination file.



You can fix the original problem by creating a fully allocated swap file to begin with. There are a few ways to do that, but the fastest and easiest to integrate into your process is probably going to be:



fallocate -l $swapsize $flPtDev





share|improve this answer


















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    Thanks for the help and as @yoonix warned I forgot put the mkswap command on this question too.

    – Mark
    May 10 at 17:08













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Swap files cannot be sparse files. They must be fully allocated. If the system tries to write to a part of a swap file that wasn't allocated, the write error occurs.



Copying the swap file fixes the problem by fully allocating the destination file.



You can fix the original problem by creating a fully allocated swap file to begin with. There are a few ways to do that, but the fastest and easiest to integrate into your process is probably going to be:



fallocate -l $swapsize $flPtDev





share|improve this answer













Swap files cannot be sparse files. They must be fully allocated. If the system tries to write to a part of a swap file that wasn't allocated, the write error occurs.



Copying the swap file fixes the problem by fully allocating the destination file.



You can fix the original problem by creating a fully allocated swap file to begin with. There are a few ways to do that, but the fastest and easiest to integrate into your process is probably going to be:



fallocate -l $swapsize $flPtDev






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