Bug#399096: user doesn't yet trust the UI

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

Op 17-11-2006 om 12:32 schreef W Talley:
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> Comments/Problems:
> 
> My hard drive is all ready partitioned the way I want it. I could not
> figure out how to get past your partitioner to install Debian where I
> wanted it without the possibility of destroying existing data. Your
> partitioner seems to insist on creating a swap file, why do I need
> this with 1GB of RAM, other distros don't require a swap partition.

To me it is not clear what the "problem" is. So I'm now taking the
risk that I provoke the install report submitter by saying
that he/she doesn't yet trust the user interface.

The partitioner in D-I does have ways to keep existing partitions
including preserving the data that is in the partition. The interface
is just somewhat akward. You have to go in manual mode, meaning not
doing the automatic partioning and there define for each partition
for what you what to use it. Something that _does take time_, but hey,
you have still your data on the disk.


But if this about "installer insists on 'swap'", then I have
to admit that I never tried the installer with swap.

So it would be helpfull to known what this is actual about.


Cheers
Geert Stappers