Installation and Boot

The following features, enhancements, and changes related to installation and boot are introduced in this release of Oracle Linux 9.

Swap Automatically Provisioned During Installation

In the Oracle Linux 9.0 through 9.4 installation media, automatic partitioning failed to create a swap partition by default. In the 9.5 installation media, swap is created under automatic partitioning.

boom-boot Updated to 1.6.1

The boom-boot package is updated to version 1.6.1 and fixes several bugs and can now automatically repair boom boot entries that have been changed externally.