Bug#257910: Installation Report ia64 netinst beta4 : no fat16 /boot partition created
I am working on fixing this problem for my company and will submit
a bug report and patch very shortly.
Jim
On Tuesday 06 July 2004 09:11, Florent de Dinechin wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> Debian-installer-version:sarge-ia64-netinst.iso beta4
>
> Machine : HP i2000 (bios 117c) but the problem is probably relevant
> to all ia64 systems.
>
> The installation of the kernel and elilo on a an ia64 system
> requires a FAT16 partition,
> (also known as an EFI partition to sound more modern)
> otherwise the installation fails during "installation of the base
> system".
>
> However the (previous) partitionning step gives no hint to that
> respect. What's worse, the suggested automatic-for-dummies options
> (create one big partition, or create two for / and /home)
> do not create this FAT16 /boot partition, leading to failure of the
> kernel installation.
>
> Besides, I did not see any hint in the error messages that
> the failure is due to a missing FAT16 partition.
>
>
> Best regards, and sorry if there is something wrong in this bug
> report, it is my first one.
>
> Florent
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