On 01/05/2021 06:38 PM, Mike McCulley wrote:
Package: debian-installer
Version: buster
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I have a triple-boot setup so GRUB and swap both exist, and that creates the
annoyance.
Debian installer displays messages about the necessity of having GRUB
installed, which implies it's possible to not install GRUB, but that option is
not available. After installing Debian it's necessary to boot the primary OS
and reinstall the custom GRUB. Life would be better if there was an option to
skip the 'install GRUB' step.
I don't recall what options are available in the installer's default
mode, but if "expert" mode is chosen there is option to not install any
bootloader.
There is a related annoying assumption by the installer is that the user
wants the system currently being installed to be the default. I work
around this by only installing grub for the first system on a machine
and then run "update-grub" on that system once I've installed each
additional system.
Debian installer formats swap, which changes the UUID, and not formatting is
not an option. After installing Debian it's necessary to edit any other fstabs
and update the swap UUIDs. Life would be better if there was an option to not
format swap.
There is an option to not install swap.
The problem when installing an additional Debian system, the installer
wants to use the existing swap partition (if any). The workaround is to
to explicitly tell the installer to not use that partition for anything.
If the new install requires swap, then you must edit /etc/fstab .
