Swap Space was Re: Partitioning 4GB with the Debian Installer

[clare johnstone]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Joachim Breitner <nomeata at debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Actually, the install.sh should be able to handle that as well, at least
> theoretically. What problems did you have?
>
> Greetings,
> Joachim


When the installer partitions the disk, why does it not supply a swap
partition? Is it needed or not needed by Debian?
thanks
clare