Bug#490287: No root file system
On Friday 11 July 2008, Joey Hess wrote:
> Jon Ander Ortiz wrote:
> > This works with the lenny installer >= versions but not with the
> > etch, as i was answered in this list a few days ago, the
> > partman-auto/disk is only optional since lenny installer.
>
> It should be conditionalised in the menu to only be uncommented on etch
> then.
What menu? Uncommented how, where?
> However, IIRC we're not maintaining the menu for etch anyway.
>
> I have no made the change because my memories of partman-auto/disk
> changes are weak.
The problem here is that some users are using the wrong documentation or
preseed examples for the release they are using. The manual is correct.
Anyway, that wasn't the problem here as Geert was using daily build +
alioth manual, so Jon's comment did not really apply.
Geert's problem was much more basic: not adjusting his preseed file to his
actual system. He left the example value of /dev/sda while installing a
system with /dev/hda...
His proposed patch does not look logical to me at first glance though, but
I was hoping you'd know :-)
My suggestion would be to just close this as user error.
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