Bug#277357: (no subject)

[Paul Telford <pxt@debian.org>]

retitle 277357 can't preseed partitioner with non-devfs device name
thanks

Ok, so it seems that modifying my preseed file linked above to use
d-i	partman-auto/disk	string /dev/discs/disc0/disc

instead of /dev/sda allows it to work.

This is contrary to the documentation at
http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apcs01.html
which states:
   # Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition. The device name can
   # be given in either devfs or traditional non-devfs format.


IMO it should be possible to use the "traditional" device name, as that is
what many people are familiar with (including myself, I have no exposure
to devfs device names before now).  Please reassign this bug to the proper
installer component if necessary, I don't know which one it would belong
to.


Thanks,

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