[Bug 709363] Re: swap partition disappeared during installation

[alfabravoteam]

Some extra info over here.

I tried the whole process again and I found that, even if I choose not
to encrypt home, if I do advanced partitioning, the swap doesn't get
active. It's all about the /etc/fstab file, it contains incorrect info
because it has no UUID for swap partition. Also, it replicates on Natty
installer from scratch.

What I did in order to activate swap was:
* reconfigure the "/etc/fstab" file so it recognizes the location of the swap partition:

 # /dev/sdaX
 UUID=f33563e3-48bc-4ec9-9b8c-a4783ed4109a none swap sw 0 0

Using the existing own /dev or UUID, which I can get with:

 $ blkid

and checking also with:

 $ sudo fdisk -l

Then just issue the command:

 $ swapon -a

And the swap partition shows up in tpo, system monitor and so on.
Well... it haven't got used so far but I'll test with some youtube
videos and stuff, trying to get it used.

Hope this helps

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Title:
  swap partition disappeared during installation

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Natty:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Oneiric:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  I noticed that I had no swap mounted, looked in /etc/fstab and see a
  swap partition but it isn't usable because the partition has no UUID.
  Reading /var/log/installer/syslog the partition was used at one point
  in time but then stopped being used.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jan 28 08:58:46 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_AG.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity

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