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Re: Bug#515160: debian-installer: Fails to install Debian



On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:11:21 +0100
Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> wrote:

> 
> Which is a too small root partition for a desktop install.
> 
> This is documented in http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apds02.html
> 
> Of course, you could object that the guided partitioning should have
> chosen a bigger root partition but, indeed, at the moment it happens,
> it has no idea of what task you'll decide to choose.
> 
> I think this shuold not be considered a bug per se.
> 
IMHO this is indeed a major bug which should count as a blocker. If a
user chooses a predefined install path from the installer combining it
with a predefined set of package from taskselect then the user should
never experience a situation with a failed install.

As I don't expect the installer is choosing partition sizes at random
but uses some kind of algorithm then in my book this means the
algorithm is having a serious bug.

To summe it up I urge that the install team to reconsider this and stop
the release process until this bug has been fixed. Surely this scenario
I have described will encounter since many users these days installs in
virtual environments to test things out before going in production. A
situation where users follows guided installation paths from the
installer should not end of in a situation where the install fails.

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