Bug 13672 – Disk Druid won't allow clicking "Next" without swap partition

Bug 13672 - Disk Druid won't allow clicking "Next" without swap partition

Summary:	Disk Druid won't allow clicking "Next" without swap partition

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Michael Fulbright
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Reported:	2000-07-10 18:29 EDT by Joshua Buysse
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2000-07-10 19:34:45 EDT
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Description Joshua Buysse 2000-07-10 18:29:59 EDT

Starting installer in expert mode, selected custom install, disk druid for 
partitioning.  Removed all partitions on the disk, and started adding them 
back in.  I've got separate partitions for /, /boot, /var, /usr, /tmp, 
and /nfs/brute/d1 (local convention for automounter).  The installer seems 
to think I don't have a valid setup for installation.  

Partition sizes: 
/ 500MB
/boot 50MB
/usr 2GB
/var 1GB
/tmp 2GB
/nfs/brute/d1 (rest of disk, about 23GB)

Comment 1 Joshua Buysse 2000-07-10 18:39:18 EDT

Got it -- it wants a swap partition before it continues.  Since I can see other 
situations where swap won't be necessary, and since the machine has 512MB of 
ram (more than enough to install without swap, I assume), I'm calling this a 
bug still.

Comment 2 Milan Kerslager 2000-07-10 19:29:43 EDT

Yes, there was a limit for passing without swap. A math or logic for the 
decision seems to be broken.

Comment 3 Milan Kerslager 2000-07-10 19:34:44 EDT

Damn, my mouse is so fast....

As I wrote to testers-list@redhat.com it seems to be more intuitive to 
leave 'Next' button active and generate an error message when user click 
to 'Next' without filling all the needed stuff. This allow to specify WHAT is 
missing and will save time to hotline and to beginners.

Comment 4 Brock Organ 2000-07-12 12:13:33 EDT

you should be able to install without the swap requirement using expert TUI
(text) mode ... The GUI (both expert and non-expert) installs will still require
a swap partition ... thanks for your report!

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