On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
Caution: reformatting a swap partition with mkswap will change the
uuid unless the existing one is explicitly re-specified during
formatting.
Which raises a question that has been on my mind for a while...
The Debian Installer insists on reformatting any swap partitions it
finds, even though that partition, specified by UUID, is probably in
use in the /etc/fstab for some other instantiation of Linux -- thus
breaking the other Linux, leaving it without a usable swap partition.
Would it be possible to either:
1) have the option (default) of *not* reformatting a swap partition
or
2) if reformatting is necessary or desired, have the option (default)
of preserving the UUID.
or
3) using "LABEL=" instead of "UUID=" in fstab for swap partitions, if
it turns out to be easier to preserve a LABEL than a UUID.
Rick
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