On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 11:22:34PM +0100, Nils Juergens wrote: > Debian-installer-version: 24/11/2004 (rc2) http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/alpha/rc2/sarge-alpha-netinst.iso > Machine: Compaq AlphaServer DS20E > Processor: Alpha EV67, 2way SMP > Memory: 1024 MB > Root Device: SCSI Harddisk on aic7xxx, ID 0, /dev/sda, 36GB > Root Size/partition table: > # start end size fstype # NOTES # > a: 1* 1* 0* ext2 aboot > b: 1* 78* 76* ext2 /target/boot > c: 78* 345* 267* ext2 /target > d: 345* 5113* 4768* ext2 /target/usr > e: 5113* 7974* 2861* ext2 /target/var > f: 7974* 10990* 3015* swap swap > g: 10990* 11371* 381* ext2 /target/tmp > h: 11371* 35004* 23632* ext2 /target/home > i: 2097152* 0* 2097151* ff ?, see comment below > Comments/Problems: > The installation of aboot, the bootloader for alpha SRM, fails. When I > select the "install aboot" option from the menu again, it tells me to select > the ext2 partition (disklabel, actually, but i'm going to stick with > 'partition') for aboot, but only /dev/sda2 (/boot) can be selected, which > fails, too. > The system has been partitioned with "Erase entire disk", "Multi-user > workstation" options, and the problem seems to occur only with this specific > selection. > The problem seems to be the 'i' partition (see above), which confuses swriteboot. > And since the partition confuses me too, not making any sense, I delete it > from a commandline (since it did not show up in the partitioner). > After deleting the partition I select 'install aboot' again, which works > like a charm. After that I continue with the rest of the installation, which > runs without problems, resulting in a well-configured and booting system. (I > even get a getty on the serial console - nice work). > Anyway, it seems the that the strange additional partition of type ff, which > was created by the partitioning software, triggered the problem. Yes, this is a duplicate of bug #267727. > I've tried again on another box, this time selection manual partitioning and > this time the partition did not appear and the installation finshed without > a problem, so i guess this is auto-partitioning (for the lack of a better > word) related. On yet another box I selected auto-partitioning with only one > partition "All files on one partition" and that does also not seem to > trigger the problem. Indeed, it is in fact specific to the "multi-user workstation" autopartitioning recipe. Frankly, I'm not inclined to ever use that recipe anyway on any arch, regardless of the purpose of the machine; if I need that many distinct partitions I certainly intend to control their sizes personally. Joey, can this be added to the RC2 errata for alpha if it isn't there already? Thanks, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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