Public bug reported:
If Ubuntu activates an existing swap partition during LiveCD boot,
ubiquity disables the swap in the partitioning stage (at least when
choosing "manual partitioning"). If there's not enough RAM available,
disabling the swap partition will make the system unusable - even
switching to a VT won't be possible.
This might be a generic Linux problem (disabling swap when there's not
enough RAM available will probably "freeze" any Linux system), so I
don't know if it would be possible to solve this in the kernel itself.
If not, it might be possible to find a way to get partitioning done
without disabling swap. Or, if the used memory doesn't fit into swap,
display a warning message...
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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If ubiquity disables swap during installation, system may become unusable
https://launchpad.net/bugs/57763
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