Bug#265001: installation-reports: [sparc] impossible to partition correctly and thus not possible to install

[Hendrik Sattler <sattler2000@gmx.de>]

Am Mittwoch, 22. September 2004 17:48 schrieben Sie:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 05:07:28PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
> > Package: installation-reports
> > Version: snapshot_20040921
> > Followup-For: Bug #265001
> >
> > I have this problem, too, with a SparcStation20.
> > It is absolutely impossible to install.
>
> Have you seen a message like "No kernel modules were found." ?
> ( http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/09/msg01289.html for details )
>
> I had also partition problems (due no kernel module for disk controls )

Problem is not that the disk is not seen. It is detected just fine. 
Partitioner runs fine. But I cannot create the needed disk label on partition 
3.
A provided fdisk just gives you much more control than the current 
debian-installer. 

I really hope, Sarge doesn't get released like this...

HS