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Describe the bug
When doing Manual Partitioning, there is no option to choose whether or not to create a swapfile as there is with the Erase Disk option. Instead, one would need to create it outside of the installer. However, when initialSwapChoice: file is set, a swapfile is created nonetheless without any indication to the user.
To Reproduce
Select Manual Partitioning
Create any partition scheme, with or without a swap partition
Note there is no indication of a swapfile being created, nor any UI element to allow for it
Continue to the Summary panel
Note that there is no indication of a swapfile being created
Complete the installation
Note the swapfile in /etc/fstab
Expected behavior
No swapfile is created OR
There is an indication that a swapfile will be created by default, but the user is given a choice otherwise
Show the creation of swapfiles in the Summary panel
So at least users aren't surprised… as much
To me, this seems to be essential, as otherwise the Summary is not portraying the whole picture
Additionally, what if you accidentally picked the wrong filesystem for your swapfile? Wouldn't you want some indication before you go through the actual install?
Assume initialSwapChoice: none when doing Manual Partitioning
This also seems essential to me because if we do otherwise, we are forcing choices down the throats of folks we believe (should) know what they're doing
Provide an option in Manual Partitioning to choose swapfile options
This seems like a nice option to add
If the folks doing Erase Disk have the option, shouldn't the Manual Partitioning folks have it, too?
One might argue that the Manual Partitioning folks know what they're doing and would just set it up themselves before/after, but one could also make that argument about partitioning in general
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Describe the bug
When doing Manual Partitioning, there is no option to choose whether or not to create a swapfile as there is with the Erase Disk option. Instead, one would need to create it outside of the installer. However, when
initialSwapChoice: file
is set, a swapfile is created nonetheless without any indication to the user.To Reproduce
Expected behavior
OR
Additional context
Possible solutions
initialSwapChoice: none
when doing Manual PartitioningThe text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: