Bug 53379 – installer uses NON type-82 partition for swap

Bug 53379 - installer uses NON type-82 partition for swap

Summary:	installer uses NON type-82 partition for swap

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Brent Fox
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Reported:	2001-09-07 14:03 EDT by Gene Czarcinski
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:36 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-09-07 14:03:42 EDT
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Description Gene Czarcinski 2001-09-07 14:03:36 EDT

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

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Comment 1 Matt Wilson 2001-09-07 15:33:11 EDT

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

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