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Mick.ca yeah I tried looking for that option but I only found the option to format and use swap or not to use swap at all.
I am working with 6 gigs of ram. Can I get buy without using the swap?
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I would rather edit the fstab and let the system format the swap. You only need to edit it once per install, and only if you have dual boot. Not a big deal...
as i recall, when you install debian, the partitioner (in manual mode) with give you the option to keep the home diretcory swap etc. intact without formatting. i've had the same home directory for four years now.
by clicking on the selected partition you can manually "keep" or format...You can also set mount points...
if memory serves me correctly
Oh ok I can see that. But thier is no option to stop the debian installer from formating my swap?
install -no swap format
or something?
lol
any ways 64 studio rocks
It must have been a long time since I tried this...
You were not mislead. You will have to disable UUID on you swap - IMHO swap does not need a UUID.
quote from http://wolfger.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/ubuntu-and-uuid/
I remember seeing the UUID mounting entries in fstab. I don’t like things I don’t understand, so I decided to convert the UUID line for “swap” that you see above into something more sane, and recognizable to any Linux admin:
I read that formating the swap kills the UUID and Ubuntu intrepid grub kernel entries are automatically setup with UUID. So I don't want to have to edit the UUID with every install.
OR
have I been mislead?
Your swap partition does not keep any information after shutdown, so it does not matter. I have successfully installed 3 different distributions on my system before, sharing one swap and each install formatted the swap drive...
I only run 64 Studio now though.
Well Harley I would like my
Edit name...
Mick.ca yeah I tried
Changes
Hey Harley I don't see the
There is an option
Oh ok I can see that. But
OK
It must have been a long time since I tried this...
You were not mislead. You will have to disable UUID on you swap - IMHO swap does not need a UUID.
quote from http://wolfger.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/ubuntu-and-uuid/
I remember seeing the UUID mounting entries in fstab. I don’t like things I don’t understand, so I decided to convert the UUID line for “swap” that you see above into something more sane, and recognizable to any Linux admin:
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
I read that formating the
Does not matter