Bug#60218: error when setting active partition

[karlheg@bittersweet.inetarena.com (Karl M. Hegbloom)]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Ganten <peter@ganten.org> writes:

    Peter> Package: boot-floppies
    Peter> Version: 2.2.8
    Peter> Severity: important
    Peter> Architecture: i386

    Peter> after installing the base-system into a logical partition (/dev/hdb5),
    Peter> it was choosen to install LILO into the bootsector of that
    Peter> partition and not into the MBR. Also the MBR from the mbr 
    Peter> package was installed. 

    Peter> Then dbootstrap asked, if the partition, on which Debian was
    Peter> installed, should be activated. Here, yes was choosen. This, however,
    Peter> did not work, because it is not possible to activate a logical
    Peter> partition. As a result the following message appeared on the third
    Peter> console:

    Peter> Mar 12 00:32:20 (none) user.info.dbootstrap[3556]: 5: not a valid
    Peter> partition number (1-4)

    Peter> and of course the system was unbootable.

    Peter> With the boot-floppies of slink, the user was asked, if he would like
    Peter> to install LILO into the boot-sektor of an extended partition, if
    Peter> the system was installed into a logical partition. After that, it
    Peter> was possible to activate the extended partition in the MBR. 
    Peter> Why is this feature gone?

 I believe I have fixed this, and after I've tested the modification,
 it will be committed to CVS.  It will be in the next release.  Thank
 you for your bug report.