Bug 6753

Summary:	Can't do graphical install without specifying swap partition
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Jonathan Kamens <jik>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Jay Turner <jturner>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	jik, srevivo
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Description Jonathan Kamens 1999-11-05 13:17:00 UTC

My new PC has 256Mb of RAM.  I really don't need a swap
partition.  Nevertheless, when I attempted to install RedHat
6.1 using the graphical installer, it wouldn't let me
proceed past the disk druid without specifying a swap
partition.

It would be fine for the installer to display a warning if
the user attempts to proceed without a swap partition.  But
it really shouldn't be mandatory.

Comment 1 Jay Turner 1999-11-05 17:30:59 UTC

This is the programmed behavior of the installer and therefore not a
bug.  There are a couple of ways around this little feature however.
One, you can run the installer in expert mode, which will allow you to
skip specifying a swap partition.  The other is that you perform the
install in normal mode, but just specify a 1M swap partition which you
then remove from /etc/fstab as soon as you reboot the machine.