Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site decuac.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!decuac!avolio From: avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Strange behavior at boot time from swapon... Message-ID: <552@decuac.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 07:34:37 EDT Article-I.D.: decuac.552 Posted: Wed Jul 10 07:34:37 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 02:45:01 EDT References: <1036@trwatf.UUCP> Organization: ULTRIX Applications Center, MD Lines: 8 Summary: printf argument missing Swapon wants/needs block devices for arguments. (IE, Don't use the raw device.) The "funny" error message is due to a missing argument in a printf. (Something bad like "printf (%s : %s\n", arg1);") Also, if the device is currently being used for swapping, you get the same error message. -Fred