No CLR_SWAP yet clr-installer refuses to proceed with "CLR_SWAP must be <= 8GiB"

philip1 · August 5, 2020, 4:50am

Hello,
the GUI installer and
the text installer clr-installer

of the Clear Linux* OS Desktop refuses to install
in both Safe (Install button is inactive)
or Advanced Mode (Confirm button is inactive)

with a warning “CLR_SWAP must be <= 8GiB”.
This is true even:

if I have no partition labelled CLR_SWAP.
if I have a partition labelled CLR_SWAP of size 4GiB.

I have tracked down this message to the file

github.com

clearlinux/clr-installer/blob/86128e62b0ca3e94a72188fd456c93ca6b84819e/storage/block_devices_ops.go

// Copyright © 2020 Intel Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only

package storage

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"path/filepath"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"syscall"
	"time"

	"github.com/clearlinux/clr-installer/cmd"
	"github.com/clearlinux/clr-installer/errors"
	"github.com/clearlinux/clr-installer/log"

This file has been truncated. show original

and one relevant variable is maxSwapSize.

Could it be clr-installer is confused by the presence of existing swap partitions?

Could someone try it out on their system with a preexisting swap partition?

philip1 · August 5, 2020, 6:59am

Q1: Could it be clr-installer is confused by the presence of existing swap partitions?
Self-answer A1: Yes, clr-installer is confused by the presence of existing swap partitions.

Proof: After the non-clear swap partition was deleted, clr-installer was able to proceed.