On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 10:34:47PM +0200, Loic Domaigne wrote: > > > The installation process works fine until the step "Install aboot on > > > a hard disk". This step failed. > > Can you elaborate. What happened exactly? Error message? Did you see > > anything on the other terminals (with the logs)? > Yes! > During the d-i partitioning step, I have choosen the following options: > "Use the largest continuous free space", and then > "All files in one partition (recommended for new users)" > After confirming the partitioning, I got the following layout (checked > with fdisk) > Detected an OSF/1 disklabel /dev/discs/disc0/disc, entering disk label mode > 9 partitions: <<< YES 9 PARTITIONS, NOT 8!!! > # start end size fstype > a 1 1954 1954 ext2 > b 1955 158205 156251 ext2 > c 158206 10646487 10488282 ext2 > d 10646488 11209387 562900 swap > h 11209388 19807199 8597812 AdvFS > (the units are in sectors) > How does it come that a BSD-like partitioning has _9_ partitions??? > There's something wrong here, IMHO!!! > During the installation of aboot, aboot failed with the following error > code: > > error: bootcode overlaps with partition #9. If you really want this, use > -f9 This looks like bug #267727. Something goes wrong if you give partman a full set of 8 partitions to write to the label. > I guess, for the problem I am interested with, I must drop the d-i > partitioning step (partman) and do it manually with fdisk. Can someone > tell me how to proceed? My 2 days experience in the Debian Alpha-Linux > business isn't enough to figure it out alone! I'm afraid partman isn't something that the installer currently allows you to bypass. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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