> ---------- > From: Dan Goodes[SMTP:fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Reply To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: 11. november 2003 4:57 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Ibnstall Eats Swap Partitions On Non-Installation Drives > > Bob, > > I agree with you - i can't think of any reson you'd *want* your new distro > > to use the swap partitions for the old distro... but I also don't see what > > the problem is. > > o Any and all swap partitions you have defined will be initialised and > mounted by whatever distro you're running, at boot time anyway... You wont > be saving data to a swap partition for use later, so formatting them as > part of the install wont be a problem. > swsuspend data is saved in the swap partition, IIRC > o The fact is that the installer wants to give the system the maximum > amount of swap space, by using any swap partitions it finds. I don't see > why that would be a problem. It's perfectly reasonable for you to disable > access to that swap partition after boot. > > o The format for a swap partition is the same accross the board. IMHO, I > think any changes to the format for linux swap would be made in the > kernel, and would affect all distros at the same time. So there wont be > any major problem with one distro formatting another distros swap > partition. > What if I use an old distro, that uses the old format swap ? > -dan > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Robert L Cochran wrote: > > > This is an issue I've brought up before: if you have 2 Linux distros on > > 2 separate drives, the Fedora Core installer will honor your choice of > > which drive to install to, but it will format and then use the swap > > partition on the drive(s) you are not installing to. > > > > I have been told there are "legitimate reasons" for destroying the swap > > partition that belongs to another distro, but no one on the forums has > > given me a list of those "legitimate reasons". I fail to see any > > legitimacy to it whatsoever. There is just not a good reason. Anaconda > > ought to be changed to stop this behaviour, and also it should not > > attempt to add swap partitions from other distros to /etc/fstab. > > > > *If you don't want the swap partitions on other hard drives wiped out > > when you install Fedora Core, be very careful to review the drive > > partitioning and check the 'preserve data' option that Disk Druid > > displays. And then before booting your new system, find some way to edit > > > /etc/fstab to prevent those partitions from being mounted. > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Dan Goodes : Systems Programmer : dang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Help support PlanetMirror - Australia's largest Internet archive > by signing up for PlanetMirror Premium : http://planetmirror.com > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
