On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 10:40:09AM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Ingo Juergensmann wrote: > > While I'm at it... (cc me, I'm no subscribed) > > I installed two SGI Inidgo2s lately using sarge d-i. > > Nearly everything went fine, but I came across one specific problem: > > It's obvious (at least to me) to use XFS as filesystem on SGI machines, so I > > wanted to use XFS on /. D-I made the FS, proceeded with installation, but > > then failed to boot from the disk. p2-mate on #debian-devel then told me > > that arcboot only supports ext2. > > My point is: when it's not possible to use any other FS than ext2/3 on /, > > then d-i shouldn't offer it or give a clear warning that the system will not > > be able to boot up with the used bootloader. > This is one of the bugs in partconf/partititoner. I seemed to remember > it was reported to the BTS, but I haven't found it there (the > information is probably hidden in a multi-problem report). > The idea is to kill the DVH-bootfiles-as-logical-volumes misfeature in > libparted (which is trickier than it appears) and then to switch d-i > to partman, which is used on most other architectures. Maybe it would be worthwhile to also check for this in the bootloader-installer udeb? IIRC, this is what we do on alpha, with aboot-installer checking for a valid bootable disk both via a partman finish.d hook and in its own postinst. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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