Re: XFS support in d-i: netinst CD image available for download
Hi
Well, here's my experiences with the new installer in a nutshell.
The first boot went nice and smoothly, then while it was downloading
packages, I was reading stuff about appropriate partitioning schemes and
decided to change the partition structure on the install. So I ctrl-C'd
out and started it again.
Well the first hurdle came up when I tried to initialize my shiny new
partition structure through the installer; it baulked and wouldn't
initialize the first partition. Apparently even though I had removed all
partitions and made the root partition smaller, the mkfs.xfs proggie
wouldn't work with it because it hadn't been invoked with the -f option,
so something to add the the install script there. ;-)
After low-levelling the drive(scsi), I tried again, this time when I was
setting up the sources.list file, I had to press cancel to go back and
fix something up(still in the script though), well now when it got to
tasksel, that wouldn't work, even though I knew tasksel *did* work from
the previous iteration. Another script bug i'd reckon.
Now, after low-levelling the drive again(see previous), I started the
install afresh, made no errors, ran through the script in A-B-C fashion
and all is working smoothly, still an hour to go before it's finished.
Apart from those few hiccups though, quite smooth.
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regards
Robert G. Moonen
registered Linux user number 298132
"After the game, the king and the pawn go in the same box."
-- Italian proverb
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