Bug#775109: debian-installer: fails to format existing EFI system partition if fat32
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 01:24:04PM -0500, Andrew Brouwers wrote:
>On Jan 11, 2015 11:26 AM, "Steve McIntyre" <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:10:39AM -0500, Andrew Brouwers wrote:
>> >
>> >I suspect that the debian installer wasn't quite sure how to handle it
>> >being 32-bit, as the D-I seems to prefer and use 16. As a result, the
>> >partitioning failed. I was eventually able to go back, and after some
>> >selecting/un-selecting, finally noticed that the installer flagged the
>> >partition with "f" for format.
>>
>> It's a deliberate choice, nothing particularly to do with it being 16-
>> or 32-bit. We try to keep existing ESPs in case there are other OSes
>> using them, basically.
>
>So the installer should have been fine dealing with a 32bit partition?
That's correct, yes.
>That was not my experience; it failed until I was able to trigger the
>installer to format the partition, at which point package installation
>proceeded. My theory was just that it couldn't mount or interact with
>fat32 for some reason.
Very off - that doesn't match my own memory of testing this. We also
deliberately choose to format with FAT32 on amd64! Hmmm, curious now -
is there anything special about the NLS settings of the earlier OS,
maybe?
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