Description of problem: [root@ip-10-203-50-29 ~]# cat /etc/fstab LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 [root@ip-10-203-50-29 ~]# parted -l | grep swap 1 0.00kB 940MB 940MB linux-swap [root@ip-10-203-50-29 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhel5.6 ami-780efd11 337935342288/RHEL-5.6-Starter-EBS-i386-7-Access How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: No swap partition entry in /etc/fstab Expected results: Swap partition entry in /etc/fstab required. Additional info:
Disk /dev/sda3: 940MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End Size File system Flags 1 0.00kB 940MB 940MB linux-swap Model: Unknown (unknown) Disk /dev/sda1: 6442MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End Size File system Flags 1 0.00kB 6442MB 6442MB ext3 [root@domU-12-31-39-0F-CE-37 dev]# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1740984 462852 1278132 0 52 371468 -/+ buffers/cache: 91332 1649652 Swap: 0 0 0 [root@domU-12-31-39-0F-CE-37 dev]# swapon -a [root@domU-12-31-39-0F-CE-37 dev]# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1740984 462852 1278132 0 136 371436 -/+ buffers/cache: 91280 1649704 Swap: 0 0 0
kickstart added the swap entry in fstab if $(uname -m) == i386. In RHEL 5 it's i686; I've corrected this.
There will be no more AMIs for RHEL 5.6. This problem should be fixed in 5.7 images as Jay fixed it before 5.7 release. Is it right Jay? If yes, we probably can close it as WONTFIX.
Fixed in the catalog rebuild in October.