Bug#239660: debian-installer-demo: Problem with XFS as Root FS and GRUB Hello there,

[Robert Ribnitz <ribnitz@linuxbourg.ch>]

Package: debian-installer-demo
Version: Beta 3
Severity: important

I don't know whether this bug affects the general debian-installer,
Here's the situation:
- Using a Debian-Installer Beta 3 in installed a new testing (mainly to
  get kernel with xfs support)
- Some repartitioning, and formatting. / is ext3, /var,/usr, /home are
  xfs.
- More or less default installation, with formatting of / /var and /usr
- GRUB is installed on system and works fine.

Later on:
- Service boot using a current knoppix (Cebit Edition 0.4)
- Backup /, format partition using XFS, Restore /

The reboot then caused the system to hand with an error (70), probably
because it can no longer access XFS.

Possible way out:

- If XFS on root is used, install lilo instead of grub.

So please look into it

yours

Robert Ribnitz
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C