* Mark 27e3kk302@sneakemail.com [20070128 02:15]:
Please handle such stuff on your own as long as it's not part of Debian, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=388525
Thanks, I was aware, but wrong, "swapoff -a" is part of Debian. (The wish-list item is a boot cheatcode which grml CD-ROM offers despite non-official status.)
Hm, what do you mean with "swapoff -a is part of Debian"?
The "mobile hard drive" or "mobile flash stick" scenarios benefit from identical capabilities as CD-ROM. Different behaviors are confusing. If we wanted exact Debian, we would install it. What we want is grml CD-ROM behavior :-).
Well, not all cheatcodes from grml make sense on hd installations. And the ones that would make sense but are not yet available should become part of main Debian - if possible, that's why #388525 exists. :)
The "swapoff -a" command works the same from CD or USB. The grml CD hunts down and mounts all swap by default.
Huh?! http://grml.org/files/README-0.9.php =>
| swap partitions: by default grml does not automatically use swap | partitions anymore. Run 'grml-swapon' when running grml or boot | using 'grml swap' for enabling all detected and usable swap | partitions.
Whether a user wants swap on or off is not predictable, so the option would help. I sometimes even forget when swap is on and then kick myself for not turning it off at login.
Ok, I'll think about integration of grml-swapon as soon as I can test the new script. :)
regards, -mika-