RE: How to install without parted?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sven Luther [mailto:sven.luther@wanadoo.fr]
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:59 AM
> To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart)
> Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: How to install without parted?
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 03:13:16PM +0200,
> mzenker@gnotometrics.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the problem that I cannot install Debian Sarge with
> kernel 2.6
> > on my notebook - the partition manager does not recognize
> the existing partition table. There seems to be a fix in a
> new parted version, but it seems to come too late for this release.
> > Since I need to use kernel 2.6, the question is: how can I
> install without using parted? As far as I understand, I have
> to set mountpoints somehow (and format the Debian partition,
> but that is more easy) and then proceed with the base-install step.
>
> Someone (perhaps you ?) could try building d-i with the
> parted 1.6.12 in experimental. Not sure if this would work
> though, since there are chances that partman need to be
> modified a bit.
The problem is that I don't have a running Debian more recent than woody
- that's why I wanted to install sarge...
And I don't want to dist-upgrade my woody yet.
Additionally, I don't have so much time to spend right now - already
spent much time on trying to install sarge, fixing my partitions,
booting over and over, getting disk geometry outputs...
I can try a new image as soon as it is there, though.
Sorry for not being able to help more.
In the meantime, I have tried to format and mount the Debian partition
manually, using the shell and
mkswap /dev/discs/disc0/part5
swapon /dev/discs/disc0/part5
mkdir -p /target
mkfs.ext3 /dev/discs/disc0/part7
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part7 /target
following a hint found in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2004/07/msg00021.html
But the installer did not want to install the base system after that, it
sent me right back to the partitioner, and when I started the shell
again, the mountpoint was deleted from /etc/mtab (it had been there
before!). I repeated the mount, but the installer still claimed that
there was no root partition mounted under /target.
So it seems the only way is to hope that a fixed parted will make it
into sarge with help of joeyh...
Best regards,
Matthias
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