Re: d-i problems on mips
On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 09:30:30AM +0100, 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.
But it probably is possible as long as you make a seperate /boot
partition that is ext2.
And of course someone might have their own clever boot method that
doesn't have that limitation either. A warning might be good though.
Len Sorensen
Reply to: