[X4U] Swap Directory disappears

[John Baltutis]

On 07/05/05, Michel Treisman <treisman at psy.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> I have a 1GHz Tibook, with the hard disk partitioned and system 10.3.9
> installed on the volume "Hard disk 1".
>
> I want to back the system up on a partition of an external Firewire
> drive "Ext disk 1".  I erased 'Ext disk 1' and used Carbon Copy cloner
> to clone 'Hard disk 1'  on to it.
>
>   When CCC finishes, I  start up on 'Ext disk 1', in Single User mode,
> and run Applejack to check all is OK.
>
>   All is not OK.  Applejack says:
>
>   "Warning. Swap directory private/var/vm appears not to exist"
>
> (I don't get this  warning when I start up on 'Hard disk 1".)
>
> I ran Disk Utility and then DiskWarrior  on 'Ext disk 1'.  DW finds a
> messed up directory. I make it replace the directory, and start again;
>
> Still not OK:  Applejack gives the same warning.
>
> I ran CCC  again, in sync mode, with instructions to replace
> corresponding files.  That made no difference.
>
> So what should I do?  Is there some way to restore private/var/vm  to
> the system on 'Ext disk 1"?  Or should I disregard the warning?

I have no idea. All the clones I make wiith CCC have a vm swapfile (it's
not a directory). However. there is a app_profile directory. Might be an
anomaly with Applejack-I've never used it. Suggest you post to the CCC TS
forum at <http://forums.bombich.com/>.