Bug#143151: boot-floppies: should detect 'Linux raid autodetect' as 'Linux native'
severity 143151 important
tags 143151 - moreinfo
tags 143151 + woody
thanks
> > I set the type of all of my partitions to 0xfd ('Linux raid
> autodetect'),
> > but then dbootstrap wouldn't allow me to format the partition to
> either
> > ext2 or ext3, saying that no Linux partitions were detected.
>
> Of course, it is intended to work on pure Linux partitions or
> working alternatives.
Yesterday I realized that 'Linux LVM' (0x8e) should also be part of the
'compatible' partition types.
> > Setting back the partition types to to 0x83 ('Linux native') works
> fine,
> > but I'd need 0xfd.
>
> Why do you _need_ this? If you change the partition type, you must know
> what you are on doing. If you want to install on a Raid system, you
> should use a flavor with md-supporting kernel.
Why do you _want to know_ why I need this only to install a Debian system to an
arbitrary disk layout? :)
If you think it is an important question, why not ask it during the installation
from dbootstrap, or show a warning message that the partition types should be
set to 'Linux native' in order for the installation proces to workas desired.
BR,
Csan
János Holányi
Association of Hungarian Linux Users
Email: csani@lme.linux.hu
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