Bug#94419: Swap partition step skipped and not available
When you partitioned your hard disk, did you remember to mark one of the
partitions as Type 82 (Linux Swap) before writing the table and exiting?...
If the installer doesn't see any Type 82 partitions, it will assume you
either screwed up (hence the choice to repartition again), or that you don't
want one (do without).
... Adam Conrad
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Tillman [mailto:tillman@azstarnet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 1:58 PM
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: 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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