Bug#688744: ext2 support for USB removable media in debian-installer

[Gasha <gasha@pie-dabas.net>]

Package: debian-installer


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [E]
Configure network:      [ ]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:    [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [E]


Comments:

During installation missing firmware bnx2 was reported. Installer was unable to copy firmware from EXT2 formatted USB flash.
Also, dialog screen does not mention supported filesystems.

I do not use windows (almost), and because of that fact do not have any FAT16 formatted USB flash. Only ext2.
USB flash drives larger than 2 Gb are common. And formatting USB flash as ext2 allows to carry DVD image files larger than 4 gb.

Mentioning FAT16 or FAT32 in dialog screen should be easy. Ext2 support could be nice also.

Gasha