On 1/6/2017 1:16 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Richard Owlett composed on 2017-01-06 11:56 (UTC-0600):
David Wright wrote:
It might save a lot of typing to use LABEL rather than UUID.
IIRC the partitioning phase of installer does not allow
specifying a label for the swap partition.
In context of $SUBJECT, it would seem opportunity for setting a
label on swap has already been presented,...
<chuckle> I got trapped in a mental rut. I now have a new mental
outline of how to start from scratch when doing the first install
of Linux on a new machine.
... and the problem has to
do with a change. If a label already exists, that the installer
can't create one should be irrelevant. (That is can't I consider
a design flaw.) By deselecting swap in partitioning you maintain
the status quo.
