It is similar only that it seems to inhibit installation differentelly. My workaround is also working so it is indeed possible to change the partition table having the swap in use. Maybe I was just lucky. The installer should prepare the partitions in text mode prior going X as a last resort.
Should I move the info to the other bug? How do I do that? -- livecd turns off swap freezing install process on low memory machines https://launchpad.net/bugs/65018 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs