Package: debian-installer Severity: normal --- Please enter the report below this line. --- Hi, I tried to install lenny with the official net-install cd on i386 in a qemu environment. I did not partition /dev/hda, but choose to use the whole device for the root filesystem. This caused the "mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda" command to hang indefinitely. The reason seems to be the confirmation prompt of mkfs when trying to format a non-partition. Sending "y" via echo to stdin of the mkfs.ext3 process fixed the problem and allowed mkfs to progress as expected. I guess, the installer should add the "-F" switch for mkfs.ext3 in case of a non-partition target device. Obviously it is not recommended to use a whole block device for a filesystem. But since the installer seems to allow this, it should not hang later. thanks for your time, Lars -- gpg key: https://systemausfall.org/schluessel/lars-devel.0.asc
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