Re: Debian Graphical Installer: why does it format swap?
With sufficient memory above 1GB probably a swap file could be created
by an installer and maybe let the user know it got created and how to
turn it on with swapon as well as under what circumstances it would be
advantageous to the user to turn swap on.
That might be a bit too complex for installation scripts to handle
though.
On Wed, 8 Jan 2020, ct wrote:
> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:04:27
> From: ct <clodturner@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Debian Graphical Installer: why does it format swap?
> Resent-Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 17:21:09 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hello all
>
> It is good to see a few comments and help following my original post. I had
> set aside a few days to try out the Debian system and repositories but sorting
> out the effect on my main system and finding the cause has used up those days.
> I now have to return my kit to normal set-up and ready for action.
>
> Other than Pascal?s ?feature? - I assume he does not like it either - we still
> do not have a valid reason.
>
> Linus said ? don?t break users?. I don?t like being broken but I also think of
> this as a failure in duty of care and a failure of trust that an application
> will do what I want, not what a developer thinks I want. But I am also aware
> that this is my first real look (in about 10 years) at raw Debian. I cannot be
> too critical of something I do not fully understand so I will stick with the
> versions filtered via Ubuntu/Mint for a while longer.
>
> In leaving this topic and just in case someone else finds it later ? please
> take a look at https://wiki.debian.org/Swap ? the Note towards the end of the
> page. If this is correct, then any swap partition on any drive in the kit will
> be compromised.
>
> If one of the maintainers of the excellent Installation Guides is watching,
> could you include a warning in the relevant section (6.3.4) please. A comment
> on the screens relating to setting up the swap may also help future users.
>
> I hope to come back to Debian (probably via LMDE) later.
>
> Regards
>
> CT
>
>
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