# Systemd does not install SWAP partition **URL:** \ **Category:** General system\ **Created:** [April 23, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367 "2022-04-23T16:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NeoFax](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@NeoFax](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/NeoFax)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/1 "2022-04-23T16:10:12Z")
Here is the link to the logs generated: [EOS Log Tool link](https://clbin.com/Fcr2z) Systemd waits 1 min 30 s to try to do some journal flushing, fails and then does not setup my swap. I am also spammed in the tty terminal with a ton of systemd-journal info. ---
**Author:** ![sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sradjoker/32/64224_2.png) [@sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sradjoker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/2 "2022-04-23T16:15:30Z")
Can you show us your fstab? ---
**Author:** ![pycrk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pycrk/32/71109_2.png) [@pycrk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pycrk)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/3 "2022-04-23T16:29:15Z")
fstab is in the linked Log’s: **#################### cat /etc/fstab ########################** **# /etc/fstab: static file system information.** **#** **# Use ‘blkid’ to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may** **# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if** **# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).** **#** **#** **UUID=0217-36C7 /boot vfat defaults 0 0** **# /dev/sdb2** **UUID=0dcbf4df-7cc8-4208-be9c-bb375f7a7a7f / btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd:4,space\_cache=v2,commit=120,subvolid=256,subvol=/@ 0 0** **# /dev/sdb2** **UUID=0dcbf4df-7cc8-4208-be9c-bb375f7a7a7f /home btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd:4,space\_cache=v2,commit=120,subvolid=257,subvol=/@home 0 0** **# /dev/sdb2** **UUID=0dcbf4df-7cc8-4208-be9c-bb375f7a7a7f /var/log btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd:4,space\_cache=v2,commit=120,subvolid=258,subvol=/@log 0 0** **# /dev/sdb2** **UUID=0dcbf4df-7cc8-4208-be9c-bb375f7a7a7f /var/cache btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd:4,space\_cache=v2,commit=120,subvolid=259,subvol=/@cache 0 0** **# /dev/sda3 LABEL=SWAP** **UUID=293ef9d4-bacd-49ec-a0e6-e701762a2b8b none swap defaults 0 0** ---
**Author:** ![pycrk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pycrk/32/71109_2.png) [@pycrk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pycrk)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/4 "2022-04-23T16:40:05Z")
please show us the results from the following commands: sudo fdisk -l ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ ---
**Author:** ![pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pebcak/32/100472_2.png) [@pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pebcak)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/5 "2022-04-23T17:03:13Z")
Looking at your log, all the way at the bottom: ```auto Disk /dev/sda: 125 GiB, 134217728000 bytes, 262144000 sectors Disk model: UDisk Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: E44E0CA4-F5CA-4EDA-9EB2-8CC6B7031498 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 4096 413695 409600 200M Microsoft basic data /dev/sda2 413696 262141951 261728256 124.8G Linux filesystem ``` There doesn’t seem to be any /dev/sda3 on your disk to be set up as swap as it shows in your fstab posted in the previous post. ---
**Author:** ![NeoFax](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@NeoFax](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/NeoFax)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/6 "2022-04-23T18:49:28Z")
Here is my fstab: ```auto #################### cat /etc/fstab ######################## # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may # be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if # disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # UUID=0217-36C7 /boot vfat defaults 0 0 # /dev/sdb2 UUID=0dcbf4df-7cc8-4208-be9c-bb375f7a7a7f / btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd:4,space_cache=v2,commit=120,subvolid=256,subvol=/@ 0 0 # /dev/sdb2 UUID=0dcbf4df-7cc8-4208-be9c-bb375f7a7a7f /home btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd:4,space_cache=v2,commit=120,subvolid=257,subvol=/@home 0 0 # /dev/sdb2 UUID=0dcbf4df-7cc8-4208-be9c-bb375f7a7a7f /var/log btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd:4,space_cache=v2,commit=120,subvolid=258,subvol=/@log 0 0 # /dev/sdb2 UUID=0dcbf4df-7cc8-4208-be9c-bb375f7a7a7f /var/cache btrfs rw,noatime,compress=zstd:4,space_cache=v2,commit=120,subvolid=259,subvol=/@cache 0 0 # /dev/sda3 LABEL=SWAP UUID=293ef9d4-bacd-49ec-a0e6-e701762a2b8b none swap defaults 0 0 ``` Here is sudo fdisk -l: ```auto Disk /dev/sdb: 125 GiB, 134217728000 bytes, 262144000 sectors Disk model: UDisk Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: E44E0CA4-F5CA-4EDA-9EB2-8CC6B7031498 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 4096 413695 409600 200M Microsoft basic data /dev/sda2 413696 262141951 261728256 124.8G Linux filesystem ``` /dev/sda2 is formatted as a btrfs partitition, with multiple (pools?/slices?) setup inside it as one is swap or at least it said so during install it created. ---
**Author:** ![sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sradjoker/32/64224_2.png) [@sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sradjoker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/7 "2022-04-23T19:00:50Z")
> [@NeoFax](#): > > , with multiple (pools?/slices?) setup inside it as one is swap or at least it said so during install it created. The installation doesn’t create a swap by default. You must have created one on your own. If I remember correctly, btrfs subvolume can be used as swap but with care. [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Btrfs#Swap\_file](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Btrfs#Swap_file) ---
**Author:** ![pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pebcak/32/100472_2.png) [@pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pebcak)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/8 "2022-04-23T19:23:33Z")
> [@NeoFax](#): > > /dev/sda2 is formatted as a btrfs partitition, with multiple (pools?/slices?) setup inside it as one is swap or at least it said so during install it created. It doesn’t look so judging by the entry in the fstab which seems to point to a partition: ```auto # /dev/sda3 LABEL=SWAP UUID=293ef9d4-bacd-49ec-a0e6-e701762a2b8b none swap defaults 0 0 ``` which againn judging by the output of the fdisk -l doesn’t seem to be existent on the disk. Something else I see: > [@NeoFax](#): > > `Disk /dev/sdb: 125 GiB` and then: > [@NeoFax](#): > > ```auto > Device Start End Sectors Size Type > /dev/sda1 4096 413695 409600 200M Microsoft basic data > /dev/sda2 413696 262141951 261728256 124.8G Linux filesystem > > ``` Also in your fstab > [@NeoFax](#): > > ```auto > # /dev/sdb2 > UUID=0dcbf4df-7cc8-4208-be9c-bb375f7a7a7f > > ``` … and different UUIDs. Not sure what is going on with your setup 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/9 "2022-04-24T03:02:15Z")
Hardware info shows /dev/sda ```auto Partition: ID-1: / size: 124.8 GiB used: 2.93 GiB (2.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 ID-2: /boot size: 199.8 MiB used: 51.2 MiB (25.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 ID-3: /home size: 124.8 GiB used: 2.93 GiB (2.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 ID-4: /var/log size: 124.8 GiB used: 2.93 GiB (2.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 Swap: Alert: No swap data was found. ``` Fstab shows /dev/sdb? Except it’s showing /dev/sda3 as swap. Hardware info shows no swap! This is messed up. ---
**Author:** ![NeoFax](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@NeoFax](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/NeoFax)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/10 "2022-04-24T11:57:47Z")
So, I found out why the ARM install script is doing this. I am running the install script in a VirtualBox Endeavour OS VM. For whatever reason when genfstab is run in the script it is seeing the SWAP partition inside this VM and adding it into the fstab of the thumb drive. So, I will need to either A) delete the SWAP line from my fstab or B) resize the btrfs partition to give space for a swap or C) create a btrfs swap slice. Thanks for all of the help! ---
**Author:** ![sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sradjoker/32/64224_2.png) [@sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sradjoker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/systemd-does-not-install-swap-partition/26367/11 "2022-04-24T12:28:35Z")
From the arm install website: [https://arm.endeavouros.com/automated-base-install/](https://arm.endeavouros.com/automated-base-install/) ![Screenshot_20220424-082732_Chrome](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/a/8abcfedcd1de2d07a276d2bc39e314246b731e01.png)