Bug#94419: Swap partition step skipped and not available
Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.2.23
When installing a new system from the boot floppy, the first step is to
choose a keyboard, then partition a hard disk. After partitioning my hard
disk using the provided utility, I used w to write the partition map, then q
to quit the utility.
When I was returned to the dbootstrap menu, I was presented with text
concerning creation of a swap partition, but a 'Next' menu item choice of
Partition a Hard Disk again. The 'Alternate' menu item is Do Without a Swap
Partition.
I selected the Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition item from further
down the list manually, but when I did an error resulted:
No swap partitions that had already been mounted were detected.
Thus I was forced to select Do Without a Swap Partition to be able to
continue with my install.
I am trying to install on a PowerBase 180 PowerPC with attached SCSI disks
(I was using sdb).
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