[Bug 1566129] Re: server installer partitioning suggestions need refinement

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

btrfs does not support swapfiles. What to do then? i) no swap ii) swap
partition?

If lvm is available, should we i) use swapfile ii) use swap formatted
lvm volume?

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Title:
  server installer partitioning suggestions need refinement

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  At least the server installer will make silly partitioning
  recommendations when the disk size is similar to the RAM size. In my
  case, 120 gigabyte hard drives with 128 gigabytes of RAM the installer
  recommended:

  - 1.0 MB freespace
  - 536.9 MB ESP
  - 899.7 /
  - 120.2 GB swap
  - 1.0 MB freespace

  This would not be a useful computer.

  Some possible heuristics to apply:

  - 16 or 32 gigabytes of swap is probably plenty -- beyond this, swapoff time may dominate reboots
  - 10 gigabytes of / is probably a minimum, below this perhaps swap should be completely ignored

  Thanks

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