Bug#229866: Package: installation-reports
* Gary M. Witscher <gwitscher@sbcglobal.net> [2004-01-26 20:28]:
> I installed twice, and after the base install the system rebooted. The
> reboot failed both times. The last message in the boot sequence was
> similar to 'Detected two usb ports'. My machine only has one usb port.
> At any rate I simply turned off the machine and booted, this boot
> completed and the installation process continued.
Can you please try the new beta4 and let us know if you still see this
problem?
> I already have a running system and was disappointed by the lack of
> consideration for those of us who do have running systems when it came
> time to install the boot loader. I have no problem with lilo (although I
> don't use it), but I didn't want or need to install ANY boot loader and
> saw no option for avoiding the lilo installation (I even erased the
> input dialog completely and it still installed).
In beta4, GRUB is installed and existing operating systems will be
recognized. You should also be able to just skip installing a boot
loader altogether... can you try beta4 and see if that works in a nice
way?
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Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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