Bug#230440: FWD: Re: INSTALL REPORT with 2004-01-09 netinst, failed
> As I attempt to do more not-so-uncommon things (with the 2004-01-03
> snapshot)...
This is very old now.... can you please try a new image from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/ and see if that
works better?
> - I initially have a HD with a single ext3 partition + swap (from a
> previous RH install). If I repartition by deleting the ext3 and
> repartitionning that space in 2, on the partition setup screen I
> notice the 1st partition is already listed as ext3, and the 2nd not.
> Then I realize it comes from the previous (RH) install. I had not
> realized that when just selecting a single partition, when I thought
> "ext3" was just a default.
The partitioning tool recognizes the existing file system on that
partition and shows it. The 2nd partition didn't have the start of a
new partition... maybe the partitioning tool should overwrite the
beginning of a partion when creating one. Hmm, no, that wouldn't work
because creating partitions is first only done in memory.
> Now if my original single-partition-over-RH had gone throught the
> reboot stage, I may surely have ended up with a strange install. And
Well, you have to mark the partition as to be formated.
> -> How about forcing system partitions (/, /usr(/*)?, /var(/*)?) to
> be formatted, or at least require confirmation ?
What happened exactly? You split one partition in two, and then
assigned mount points? But you can only assign mount points after
choosing the method - e.g. format, or don't touch. Considering the
age of your installation report, I think the old partitioning tool was
used... we have a newer one now. Can you try to replicate this
problem with the new image mentioned above?
> - Now when I decide to split the existing partition in 2, but do not
> realize I must explicitely select "format as ext3", since my partition
> already appears as having ext3 selected (I thought), and go on, I'm
> brought back to the main menu on the next step, and requesting to
> install the base system brings me back there again almost instantly.
Oh, hold on. So you used the new tool. So you didn't select "format
as ext3". But what did you select instead? "dont touch" ? Because
if you choose nothing at all, you shouldn't have been able to assign a
mount point at all.
> Or, probably better, when destroying a partition, we (cfdisk ?) could
> ask the user whether to nuke the 1st sectors, to avoid further
> misdetection.
Yeah, maybe a good idea, but see above. But maybe file system
detection should not be done after splitting a partition.
> - Once base packages are unpacked, while setting up lilo, I'm now
> presented with a textbox containing the devfs name for the disk. If I
> want to install lilo in another location, it looks like I have to know
> the devfs path, whereas in the old installer I could choose in a list,
> which is much more suited to people not knowing devfs
This is much better now.
> - Selecting "French" as the keyboard layout after reboot, I do not
> have time to see the keymap name, and subsequent error message, before
> the next dialog screen. And I end up with a querty-looking layout.
Can you check if this has been fixed?
> Looking at base-config.log, it appears that the selected layout is
> mac-usb-fr (!). That reminds me of a long-gone issue in console-tools
Can you check?
> - When asked to select (again) an http mirror for downloading
> packages, 1) my previous selection is not the default, maybe because
Yeah, this is a known bug.
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Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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