Kubuntu i386 testing

Istimsak Abdulbasir saqman2060 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 8 22:23:22 UTC 2013


Thank guys. I manually partition my drives when I install ubuntu. This
procedure was part of the testcase. It was something I haven't seen before.
I am going to start disabling swap since I never have a need for it.


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Choosing something else, IMHO, is always better and gives more control. I
> don't like the installer to have the full control over my installation so I
> always choose "Something else" :D
>
> I even teach and recommond that to Lubuntu new comers :)
>
> @Istimsak
> I always have Multibooting system (12 systems I once had) and having swap
> as an Extended is OK IMHO ;)
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> On Monday, April 8, 2013, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2013-04-08 02:42, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote:
> >> Is it common to created a swap partition on an extended partition. When
> >> testing kubuntu 13.04 i386, during installation to the entire disk, the
> >> installer created an extended partition before creating the swap. First
> >> time I've seen this.
> >>
> >> Istimsak Abdulbasir
> >>
> >>
> > Yes, this is common. I think it is the default behavior of the built-in
> >  partitioning tool in the Ubuntu installer. But you can select
> > 'Something Else' and make a swap partition as a primary partition if you
> > like.
> >
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