Bug#279017: partconf: Does not change partition type
Package: partconf
Severity: important
Tested with netinst-iso from 2004-10-29:
If installed on a partition which was a former DOS/Win partition (type
0xc) grub cannot be installed because it can not find and determine the
correct filesystem on the disk.
I think the partition type should be set to Linux (0x83) if I select a
partition for install. Side effect is: needs maybe a reboot to
recognize the changed partition.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a partition
2. Set type to 0xc (W95 FAT32 LBA)
3. Install Debian from CD as normal
4. Manually select the partition as install target
5. Create a new filesystem (I used ext3)
6. Continue with install (base system etc.)
7. Answer grub's question to install into MBR with yes
8. grub-install fails
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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