Bug#286614: marked as done (Problem with existing LVM installation during Sarge install)
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regarding Problem with existing LVM installation during Sarge install
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Package: Partitioner
Version: Debian Sarge Net-Install CD
I have two 80gb hard drives with an existing Windows 98SE and an
existing Fedora Core 3 installation using two LWM physical volumes on
/dev/hda4 and /dev/hdb2. I did a pvmove to transfer all the data off
hda4, then intended to use it to install Debian Sarge on. After my
Fedora installation was transfered to hdb2, I began the Net-Install for
Debian Sarge.
During the Net-Install, the partitioner detected my LVM partitions from
Fedora and my swap partition and put dark smiley faces by them. I
selected hda4 and reformatted it as a root "/" partition with an ext2
filesystem. The installer created the filesystem, then I was ready to
install. I went to hdb2 and selected "Do not use this partition" so I
didn't overwrite my Fedora installation. The hdb2 partition then changed
to the light smiley face, and when I tried to continue, the partitioner
wanted me to format hdb2 even though I had selected not to use it!
I wanted to install Debian on hda4, yet every time I tried it, the
installer kept asking me to reformat hdb2 before I could procede with
the installation. Selecting to not use the partition wouldn't work. I
then tried to just go to the next step by installing the base system
since I had already created the root "/" on hda4 and formatted it, but
it kept bringing me back to the partitioner and wanted to format hdb2
before I could continue.
Since I couldn't get the Debian partitioner to work, I used QTparted
from a Knoppix 3.6 CD to re-create the ext2 "/" root parition on hda4,
then started the installation again, only to have the installer keep
asking me to format hdb2. Even with the partitions created and ready, I
could not bypass the debian partitioner to continue the installation,
and the partitioner would not let me exclude hdb2 either.
I was really annoyed that I had to pop open the case and unplug my
second hard drive so that the Debian installer would let me continue
without erasing my other linux installation.
Hope you guys can fix this for the next release,
Andrew
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Please test and report against current release of the debian installer,
which is Debian 'squeeze' beta2.
I am closing the bug as Debian Sarge is no longer supported and was
superseded in 2009.
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Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards,
Miguel Figueiredo
http://www.DebianPT.org
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