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Re: Install notes



On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 07:48:21AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> I have to go to work in a few minutes, but I just wanted to pass
> on a couple things I found in a powerpc install attempt yesterday.
> 
> * In the partitioner display, there is no column for the names of the
> partitions. Or maybe the issue is that for powerpc, the names are not
> detected properly. Column headings would be very nice too.

Are you referring to the "Partition a hard drive" step
(partitioner) or the "Configure and Mount Partitions" step
(partconf)?  Either way, please file a bug against the appropriate
package.

> * Also in the partitioner, when I selected partition 10 or 11 to apply
> a filesystem or swap, the changes were made in the displayed table to
> partition 1 instead. If those changes were actually applied to
> partition 1 on a powerpc, it would wipe out the partition table and
> then you would lose everything on the disk!!!

Likewise.

-- 
Matt



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