Bug#241478: partman: fatal error : OK - cancel ?
Quoting Yann Dirson (ydirson@altern.org):
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: 20040331
> Tags: d-i
>
> Requesting autopartitionning of my blank 200Mb HD (qemu disk image created
> with dd if=/dev/zero), I get a red screen (in english, whereas the install
> is otherwise in french), telling that automatic partitionning failed,
> probably because there is not enough space.
>
> This in itself look suspect.
No. Auto-partitioning is only possible for bigger disks. I don't
remember which size is the limit.
>
> And below that I get 2 buttons : "back" and "continue". In what are those
> supposed to be different ? Reminds me of the old Windows dialog proposing
> "OK" and "Cancel" when a fatal error occured - no offense meant :)
Uh. That would mean the errors dialogs get the two buttons which is
definitely not what expected...
However, I'm not really sure which package you *really*
used...because, you seem to have been hit by some bad handling of the
"Back" buttons.
Others should be able to have better ideas than myself..:)
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