Re: [opensuse] 12.1 install: activated swap needed for installation

Istvan Gabor wrote:

Hello:

I started to install openSUSE 12.1 from a gnome live CD.
The installation started as usual but when I tied to make the
partitions and set mount points (in expert partitioning mode
as I usually do) I could not change one of the swap mounting.
The following message was shown when I tried to edit the given
partition:

"Device /dev/sda5 cannot be modified because it contains activated
swap that is needed to run the installation."

I had to abort installation as I don't want the installer to touch
that hard disk at all.

You could switch to a console and turn off the swap space there.
("swapoff /dev/sda5").

I find it very strange that the installer
tries to modify any part of any disks without the permission of the
user.

1. How can I prevent using that swap by the installer?

There is a kernel argument: "addswap" - it might be possible to set it
such that no swap is automatically activated.

2. I find this behavior a serious fault of the installer.

I guess the only real issue is if a system had been suspended to that
swap-partition. Otherwise I don't see a problem. Perhaps the
installer ought to check to see if swap-space contains a suspended
system before it tries to use it.



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