Bug#185596: di-utils-mkfs: Verbose explanation when mkfs fails due to mounted disk

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On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Thorsten Sauter wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 02:33:57PM +0100, Sebastian Ley wrote:
> > Package: di-utils-mkfs
> > Version: 0.18 (not installed)
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > When a disk is mounted when di-utils-mkfs tries to create a filesystem
> > on it, it should explain why it fails.
> 
> all commands should log the errors to tty3 (eg syslog), maybe the best
> way is to print a simple error message and point the user to this
> screen.

That fails on a headless install, and judging from boot-floppies, even
it one installs with console=ttyS0 when head & keyboard are in place on
the client.
 
 

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Cheers
John Summerfield

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