Re: Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-21 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 20, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Herbert Kaminski wrote: Rick Thomas schrieb: 2) if reformatting is necessary or desired, have the option (default) of preserving the UUID. This would be an useful option for all partitions, not only for swap, for people like me who dare to test DI in a spare pa

Re: Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20101221_031624, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:44:35 -0500 (EST), Rick Thomas wrote: > >> On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > >>> > >>> Caution: reformatting a swap partition with mkswap will change the > >>> uu

Re: Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20101221_040215, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Paul E Condon > wrote: > > On 20101220_173710, Stephen Powell wrote: > >> On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:44:35 -0500 (EST), Rick Thomas wrote: > >>> > >>> The Debian Installer insists on reformatting any swap partitions it > >>> finds, ev

Re: Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-21 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20101220_173710, Stephen Powell wrote: >> On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:44:35 -0500 (EST), Rick Thomas wrote: >>> >>> The Debian Installer insists on reformatting any swap partitions it >>> finds, even though that partition, specified by UUID, is

Re: Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-21 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:44:35 -0500 (EST), Rick Thomas wrote: >> On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> Caution: reformatting a swap partition with mkswap will change the >>> uuid unless the existing one is explicitly re-s

Re: Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-20 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20101220_173710, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:44:35 -0500 (EST), Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > >> Caution: reformatting a swap partition with mkswap will change the > >> uuid unless the existing one is explicitly re-specified during

Re: Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:44:35 -0500 (EST), Rick Thomas wrote: > On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> Caution: reformatting a swap partition with mkswap will change the >> uuid unless the existing one is explicitly re-specified during >> formatting. > > Which raises a question tha

Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-19 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: Caution: reformatting a swap partition with mkswap will change the uuid unless the existing one is explicitly re-specified during formatting. Which raises a question that has been on my mind for a while... The Debian Installer insists on r