Bug#261834: install: cannot partition for aboot on alpha

[Steffen Grunewald <steffen.grunewald@aei.mpg.de>]

Package: install
Severity: normal



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing
Architecture: alpha
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-generic

Hardware: Compaq XP1000, with two SCSI disks 9GB each

Planned partition:
sda1 aboot
sda2 /boot (ext2)
sda3 / (ext3)
sda4 /home (ext3)
sda5 swap
sdb left empty for future expansions

Used software: boot.img from ~vorlon, dated Jul 27, size 5408452 bytes
Boot from DHCP3 server, using 'boot ewa0 -flags ""'
selected installation: testing from mirror: ftp.de.debian.org

partition procedure 1:
- erase disk SCSI2 0,0,0 (sda)
- Go Back
- create empty partition tables for sda and sdb
- create sda1 32MB for use with aboot
- create sda2 32MB ext2 as /boot
- automatically partition sdb with separate /home
--> partition assignment for sda will be lost ("do not use")
--> no space for aboot
- re-assigning sda1 and sda2 (incl. setting mount point for sdb2) will 
  allow to proceed

culprit: partitioning of the second disk should never modify previous
  settings for sda

partition procedure 2: (single disk)
- erase disk SCSI2 0,0,0 (sda)
- Go Back
- create empty partition tables for sda and sdb
- create sda1 32MB for use with aboot
- create sda2 32MB ext2 as /boot
- create sda[3-5] (automatically or manually, doesn't matter, with
  settings used by automatic partitioning with /home)
- will result in part table:
  #1 32MB aboot
  #2 32MB ext2 /boot
  #3 2.5GB ext3 /
  #4 6.1GB ext3 /home
  #5 324MB swap swap
- next step will refuse aboot installation (no space for aboot) and
  throw me back to partitioning.
- if I remove sda[3-5] and create these partitions on sdb, everything
  is fine.

culprit: single disk installation seems to be impossible if second disk
  available

small glitch: df does not give sensible values (even for /)

Cheers,
 Steffen Grunewald