Re: [DNG] installer messes up swap partition on multi-boot

2016-03-22 Thread Boruch Baum
On 03/23/2016 01:01 AM, Go Linux wrote: > On Tue, 3/22/16, Daniel Reurich wrote: > >> >> Given that suspend2disk uses the swap volume I'd recommend never >> using the same swap space for different linux systems anyway in a >> multi-boot setup. >> > >

Re: [DNG] installer messes up swap partition on multi-boot

2016-03-22 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 23 March 2016 6:01:23 PM NZDT, Go Linux wrote: >On Tue, 3/22/16, Daniel Reurich wrote: > >> >> Given that suspend2disk uses >> the swap volume I'd recommend never using the same swap space for >> different linux systems anyway in a multi-boot

Re: [DNG] installer messes up swap partition on multi-boot

2016-03-22 Thread Boruch Baum
On 03/23/2016 12:19 AM, Daniel Reurich wrote: > Hi Boruch, Good morning! > > On 22/03/16 09:29, Boruch Baum wrote: >> On today's install device, I had a pre-existing linux with a swap >> partition on the disk, and the partitioner insisted on >> re-formatting it. > > >> This is BAD. It changes

Re: [DNG] installer messes up swap partition on multi-boot

2016-03-22 Thread Go Linux
On Tue, 3/22/16, Daniel Reurich wrote: > > Given that suspend2disk uses > the swap volume I'd recommend never using the same swap space for > different linux systems anyway in a multi-boot setup. > Now I'm confused. I

Re: [DNG] installer messes up swap partition on multi-boot

2016-03-22 Thread Daniel Reurich
Hi Boruch, On 22/03/16 09:29, Boruch Baum wrote: > On today's install device, I had a pre-existing linux with a swap > partition on the disk, and the partitioner insisted on re-formatting it. > This is BAD. It changes the UUID of the swap partition, which messes up > the other operating systems

Re: [DNG] installer messes up swap partition on multi-boot

2016-03-21 Thread Boruch Baum
Bad suggestion, Adam. I don't know that the debian installer acts that way. The issue is that the devuan installer is deciding on its own to re-format an existing swap partition. On 03/21/2016 05:17 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 04:29:47PM -0400, Boruch Baum wrote: >> On

Re: [DNG] installer messes up swap partition on multi-boot

2016-03-21 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 04:29:47PM -0400, Boruch Baum wrote: > On today's install device, I had a pre-existing linux with a swap > partition on the disk, and the partitioner insisted on re-formatting it. > This is BAD. It changes the UUID of the swap partition, which messes up > the other

[DNG] installer messes up swap partition on multi-boot

2016-03-21 Thread Boruch Baum
On today's install device, I had a pre-existing linux with a swap partition on the disk, and the partitioner insisted on re-formatting it. This is BAD. It changes the UUID of the swap partition, which messes up the other operating systems on the device, because the recent 'best practice' has been