[Bug 775124] Re: Ubiquity should have a command line option to override the free space check

[Rene Hasekamp]

There is a very simple workaround, that works automatically. I used an
8GB USB-stick to install Lubuntu on my netbook with only 4GB space. The
requirement of 4.4 GB disk space was okayed automatically. I assume that
there is a second bug (PLEASE don' t fix that one!) that lets the
install script look at all the available drives, including the USB-drive
from which you install!

But it took me ages to get past the partitioning screen. I do not want a swap drive, because I checked regularly if it was being used, and this was NEVER the case.
Now, default *buntu will create a swap drive the size of the internal memory, In my case 1GB. That would leave me with just 3GB of disk space for Lubuntu, and 1GB of NEVER USED swap drive. It  really is a hell of a job at the moment to prevent the creation of a swap drive, whatever your own opinion on this. 
My suggeston is to add just one question in the install script: "Do you want to create a swap drive". If the answer is "No" please leave the person who installs Lubuntu in peace and respect his choice. 
IMHO a swap drive is a hobby of early Linux users, who used computers with low internal memory. The days to create a swap drive by default should long be over now! I do not need it on my low resources netbook with 1GB memory.

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Title:
  Ubiquity should have a command line option to override the free space
  check

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Oneiric:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

   I downloaded the 11.04 desktop i386 iso, put it on a usb drive so i
   could it install it on my netbook, but couldnt even get past the
   install screen, because it says i need 4.4GB to install ubuntu 11.04.
   The problem is that my hard drive is only 4GB large, a common size in
   netbooks.  I have run installers for ubuntu 10.10, 10.04, 9.10 and
   9.04 netbook editions on my netbook and never had a problem before.  I
   notice that 11.04 has netbook and desktop editions combined into a
   single ISO, so maybe that is why the error happened in 11.04 and not
   before.

   Also, I notice that the install footprint of 10.10 is around 2.1GB, so
   it shouldnt be a problem running 11.04 unless they truly added 2GB of
   junk to the OS.  The problem is I just can't get past the installer.

  [i am intentionally posting a duplicate of bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772164 because i can't change the package of 
  bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772164 to ubiquity from netbook]

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.6.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun May  1 20:24:28 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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