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Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?]

From Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?]
Date 2017-01-06 20:20 +0100
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Darac Marjal composed on 2017-01-06 16:26 (UTC):

> On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 09:45:28AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:

>> Felix Miata wrote:

>>>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 thoughts would be to mark the partition you wish to use as swap as
> "Do not use" in the installer.
This is my routine ever since discovering the Debian installer's rudeness.

> Then, on the first boot, add the partition manually to /etc/fstab:

> UUID=...	none	swap	sw	0	0

As my swaps always have a label set, I use it, and not UUID=. UUIDs weren't made 
for humans.
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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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