Bug#855075: [installer] Installer trouble with dual DVD drives

[ant <ant@anthive.com>]

Package: installation-reports
Followup-For: Bug #855075

Dear Maintainer,

(no need to cc me on followups tks)

tags moreinfo

thanks

hello,

  i ran into a similar problem, but not with
DVDs, instead it was that i had two USB sticks 
which happened to have iso images on them and 
during the install d-i changed to considering 
the second device the one it was loading things 
from.

  i was able to open a shell and get it
corrected, but for someone else who may not
know how to do this it could be a surprise.

  the fun started when d-i wrote the new 
partition table information and then then 
was trying to load things from it...  :)

  of course, wiping the second device would
have made the problem not happen.


  ant


-- Package-specific info:

Boot method: USB Stick
Image version: d-i netinst RC2 i386
Date: <Date and time of the install>

Machine: old PC

the two USB sticks show up as /dev/sdf and /dev/sdg.


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

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

Comments/Problems:

  ran into ancient USB stick problem too, but
that is already being dealt with by another 
bug report.

-- 


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)