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Bug#245295: marked as done ([i386] [beta3] [hd-media] partman: Error trying to use partition used to boot d-i)

Your message dated Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:58:35 +0000
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and subject line Closing old installation report #245295
has caused the Debian Bug report #245295,
regarding [i386] [beta3] [hd-media] partman: Error trying to use partition used to boot d-i
to be marked as done.

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Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: Downloaded an hour ago, beta 3
uname -a: Actual running system is Linux sherlock 2.6.5 #2 Sat Apr 17 10:17:05 
CEST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Date: 20040422 14:20 CET
Method: from hard disk, only one swap and a root partition, reiserfs.

Machine: Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200
Processor:P-III
Memory: 128 MB
Root Device: IDE, second partition on the only IDE drive
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 6007 MB, 6007357440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 730 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             1        32    257008+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda2   *        33       730   5606685   83  Linux

Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 
03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 
03)
00:05.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:05.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:05.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:05.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:07.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics 56k WinModem (rev 
01)
00:09.0 IRDA controller: Toshiba America Info Systems FIR Port Type-DO
00:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 PCI to Cardbus 
Bridge with ZV Support (rev 20)
00:0b.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 PCI to Cardbus 
Bridge with ZV Support (rev 20)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Yamaha Corporation YMF-744B [DS-1S Audio 
Controller] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 11)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 (rev 03)

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [E]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [E]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

	Partitioning: A little bit buggy in the user interface, going to and fro 
within the partitioner loses information such as the mount point, etc, and 
you have to re-enter it. I tried to re-use a partition without changes. It 
also took me a bit to figure out how things worked; maybe it should be a 
little bit more verbose with the use of the options.

	Mount: I was trying to use an existing reiserfs partition to install (both 
FROM that partition, with the kernel and initrd images plus 
sarge-i386-businesscard.iso, and TO that partition). Installer complained 
that it could not mount the partition (saying the correct type and location). 
The module for reiserfs was loaded and, in fact, the disk was already mounted 
as the source.

	It looks like the problem is that installer should not try to mount a hard 
disk that it is already mounted; instead, it should maybe symlink (or be 
configured so that the same partition can actually be mounted from two 
places). I tried to symlink /target from the console, but partitioner still 
wanted it mounted.

	Hope this helps!

-- 
Alfredo Sola
ASP5-RIPE

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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
  Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
  the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
  D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
  fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful


The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet. 

In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.

You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.

If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
against installation-reports.

Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.

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