Bug 53379

Summary:	installer uses NON type-82 partition for swap
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Gene Czarcinski <gczarcinski>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Brent Fox <bfox>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.3
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Description Gene Czarcinski 2001-09-07 18:03:36 UTC

Description of Problem:
I had a partition which had been used for swap (formatted for swap) but I
had stopped using it and changed the partition type from "82" to "83". 
When in (clean) installed rc2, it allocated and used the partition for swap .

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How Reproducible:
yes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. allocate and format a partition for swap but change its type to 83
2. install RC2
3. After reboot, check /etc/fstab

Actual Results:
type-83 partition used for swap

Expected Results:
type 83 partitions ignore for swap

Additional Information:

Comment 1 Matt Wilson 2001-09-07 19:33:11 UTC

identifying the partition table types are unreliable for determining how to use
contents of partitions.  Format the partition as something other than swap.