Re: netinstall NTFS bug

[Thierry Chatelet <tchatelet@free.fr>]

Goswin von Brederlow wrote:

> Jaime Ochoa Malagón <chptma@gmail.com> writes:
>
>  
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I succed installing Pure64 in my new box, but the installer gave me a
> > scare, the bug is so simple:
> >
> > I used to have in my HD 
> >
> > hda1 XP (NTFS)
> > hda2 Debian (ext3) (sid/32)
> > hda3 Swap
> > ...
> >
> > I decided to overwrite hda1 and using the sid-amd64-netinst.iso ~(Feb 7), 
> > first atemp failed in the step to install grub, failed to install
> > lilo, the atemps failed till I discover
> > (using fdisk from my old debian) the partition is was 0C (NTFS), I
> > changed the ID and check
> > the fs in the hda1 was OK!
> >
> > The next atemp was prety smooth as all the other people say, 
> >
> > GREAT WORK!
> >
> > md5sum
> > fe18b184891f2b0c493744f5b02dd202  sid-amd64-netinst.iso
> >    
>
> I guess the partitioner only sets the partition type when actualy
> creating the partition, not when just formating it. That would be a
> bug in the partitioner.
>
> Please report this to the Debian BTS (e.g. with reportbug), this
> should affect i386 as well.
>
> MfG
>        Goswin
>
>
>  
Yes it does affect i386 as well. I go that yesterday, but did not have 
time to look into it.
Thierry