Bug#315554: Failure in case of duplicate labels
Package: debian-installer
Severity: important
This is debian 3.1 r0a on i386
If before the installation there is already partition with the label "/"
in the system, then debian will fail to boot after the installation
with 50% probability.
It depends whetehr the old "/" is found (and mounted) before the new "/".
Solutions :
- quick : Abort installation if an existing "/" partition is detected
- cool : Install using another label if "/" is already in use.
(just appeanding an extra slash, until a uniq name is found, seems to be
a simple and working solution)
PS: I used the 2.6 kernel when I discovered this.
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