Software suspend is scary, and multiple booting

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:27:43PM +0200, Wouter Stomp wrote:
> On 10/5/05, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > This is not a typical configuration, and users like you know how to
> > configure swap the way that they want it.
> 
> I think it is quite typical for users that install the development
> version next to the stable version (hoary + breezy) to select the same
> swap partition for it. I wouldn't have thought during installation to
> create another swap partition, because I already had one.

Yes, but users who install the development version (at all) are not typical,
and are already expected to have some deeper knowledge of the system in
order to cope.

> I think there is one easy solution to this: make sure the hibernated
> OS is selected and booted automatically in grub.

There is an important difference between "easy to describe" and "easy to
implement". :-)

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 - mdz