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Bug#135594: CD install is a tangled mess



On 15 Mar 2002, Adam Di Carlo wrote:

> 
> tags 135594  + pending
> thanks
> 
> Dale, I agree with everything you are saying.  Hopefully this is all
> fixed in the latest version (not yet in woody).
> 
> We have reworked the cdrom auto-detection code is boot-floppies 3.0.21
> and it should not prompt anymore -- it just asks if you want to use
> the official CD-ROM that it senses if that's inserted.

Sounds fine!

> 
> We might still have the /instmnt issue but that is filed already.

Well, if I don't get asked ... ;-)

> 
> As for corruption of releases.gz or packages.gz, that would be either
> a busybox bug or a debootstrap bug.  None of that is handled by the
> boot-floppies.  Please try that with the latest and if you still see
> that from the CD-ROM then file a bug accordingly on one fo those
> packages.  You might find good debugging info on tty4.

It only happened the one time, and I think that all the "failures" were
the result of walking back and forth over the same code.

Basicly, if you get the first test string wrong, and at some point choose
cancel, the result is unexpected behavior. I got the CD-ROM mounted at
some point such that it could not be unmounted, strange, and different,
text was found on the first screen each time I "tried again". I haven't
worked out exactly what triggers the fault, but I know how to get the log
dumped on a floppy now, so if I can reproduce my previous experience...

Currently, if you simply hit return on every dialog box, (making no
entries in the string fields) the install works properly. Now that these
dialogs are not going to be presented, I suspect the problem will never
happen again...

> 
> The whole "Select a Distribution" dialog is gone now too.

Great!

> 
> If I could please ask you nicely to retry with official cds built from
> 3.0.21 when those are available, and either reopen this bug or file a
> new one.  I know you've been frustrated by how crappy this stuff has
> been but we've really made an effort for the process to be smooth with
> official CDs.

You don't have to ask nicely ;-)

My only source for CDs currently is "copy-left" in NZ, but he gives great
service, so I'll get one as soon as they are available.

Thank you so much for your (and the rest of the teams as well) great work
on this difficult package. Considering that many of the components that
can fail are not under the control of the BF team, the result is quite
remarkable. Thanks again for your great contribution.

Luck,

Dwarf
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