Swapon Fails To Mount Swap - Gives Invalid Argument Error (Doc ID 2103708.1)

Last updated on JUNE 15, 2023

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 5.0 to Oracle Linux 7.3 [Release OL5 to OL7U3]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Symptoms will include (but are not limited to):

After turning off swap or after a reboot, one or more swap partitions fail to mount
Issuing the swapon command to mount the failed partition results in an Invalid argument error

Example:

Cause

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Swapon Fails To Mount Swap - Gives Invalid Argument Error (Doc ID 2103708.1)

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Symptoms

Cause

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