Re: Strange statistics from gparted

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 02/07/2021 01:15 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 12:39:59PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 .
> > My goal is to minimize its footprint on disk, and reduce menu clutter.
> > I have a default install with / on sda1.
> > The custom install has / on sda2.
> > Both installs use /sda3 for /home.
> >
> > When running gparted from the first, it reports
> >    sda1 used space is 3.85 GB
> >    sda2 used space is 2.25 GB
> >
> > When running gparted from the second, it reports
> >    sda1 used space is 4.77 GB
> >    sda2 used space is 1.80 GB
> >
> > Why?
> > TIA ;}
>
> You may not have kept up with recent installers: the default size of swap
> is now smaller since it's almost never used.
>
> Did you install both exactly the same way using the same media?
>
> Andy Cater

I created a swap partition during the install of the first system.

During the install of the second system I told the partitioning phase to 
NOT use the existing swap partition.
I then copied the "swap line" from the /etc/fstab of the first install 
to the  /etc/fstab of the second install.

Thus both installs are using the same physical partition for swap.