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| From | David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] |
| Date | 2017-01-06 17:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sWFSi-4A4-19@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Fri 06 Jan 2017 at 09:45:28 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 9/23/2016 11:52 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> >[snip]
> >
> >The Debian installer reformats an existing swap, which means it
> >gets a new UUID, unless you go out of your way to prevent it from
> >doing so.
> >
>
> I wish to go out of my way, so to speak.
> Can you point me to "the road less traveled"?
> My environment is a laptop dedicated to installing various
> configurations of Jessie. It is extremely annoying that only the
> last installed {and *most likely* to be removed} boots promptly -
> the other installs having problems with finding an invalid UUID. I
> gets worse as I occasionally install a system and its intended swap
> partition to a flash drive - effectively clobbering all installs on
> the laptop.
> TIA
If all you use this laptop for is installing jessie, is it
necessary for you to have any swap available? Would that be
something worth knowing?
Cheers,
David.
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Change of UUID? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-09-23 17:50 +0200
Re: Change of UUID? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-23 19:00 +0200
Re: Change of UUID? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-09-23 19:20 +0200
Re: Change of UUID? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-23 19:40 +0200
Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-06 16:50 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-01-06 17:30 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-01-06 17:50 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-06 19:00 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-01-06 20:20 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-07 11:10 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-01-06 22:50 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2017-01-06 23:20 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-07 11:10 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-01-06 18:20 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-06 19:00 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-01-06 20:20 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-01-06 17:50 +0100
Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-06 19:30 +0100
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