Re: Unexpected console switch of the installation screen
Hi Chris
> On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:25:31PM +0100, Andreas W?st wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I've encountered some interesting behaviour of the debian installation
>> system during a woody installation on an Amiga4000 APUS box (architecture:
>> powerpc, flavor: apus), using kernel 2.4.17 and boot-floppies 3.0.19.
>>
>> The case why I've encountered this at all, was, that selecting "Initialize
>> a Linux Partition" caused the installation system to restart, but I was
>> told that this is an APUS kernel specific thing. But the following
>> shouldn't be kernel specific, and it was also not known if this behaviour
>> is erratic or if it is the expected behaviour of the system, so I was told
>> to post this to this list.
>>
>> So here we go. When the installer restarts, it always starts in the current
>> console the user is in. For example, when I change to console 3 shortly
>> after selecting the ominous "Initialize a Linux Partition" menu point, it
>> will start in console 3 (quite practical to see the kernel output on
>> console, I am using -v ;) ). Otherwise, if I change to console 2 and the
>> installer systems starts there, this is quite a bad idea, because on
>> console 2 no keyboard entry can be done anymore (console 2 is the one in
>> which a shell could be started by pressing enter during the installation).
>>
>> So, what do you think? Is this unexpected, or is it just the way it should
>> be? With other words, should I file a bug against the boot-floppies, or is
>> it just the way it should work and used for debugging?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Andi
>
> The restart bug on Initialize has been fixed. (A release is due shortly.)
With other words, this is NOT a kernel specific bug (as "Initialize a Linux
Partition" did correctly work with kernel 2.4.9)?
> As
> far as what happens when it restarts, I guess that's just weird behavior and
> outside the realm of planned events ... unless someone knows what's going on
> and can fix it without too much trouble.
No idea..
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Thanks for your information, kind regards,
Andi
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