Control: severity -1 normal tomas k <forensic@wi.rr.com> (2023-06-08): > Package: debian-installer > Severity: critical > Tags: d-i > Justification: breaks the whole system Hardly. You're starting from a system that requires GRUB to be installed for some reason. d-i isn't breaking anything at all. > I'm on a different system than the problem one. For years I have had > to boot knoppix and run a chroot to change a password I've forgotten init=/bin/sh works for that. > Most recently, I just wanted to install grub from the Debian install > DVD, nothing else, but once again, with separate usr, no root shell. > So I tried to go through the install and just skip to install grub, > but it wouldn't allow it, because previous steps were skipped. ThAT > FIASCO cost me 4 hours, about the same amount of time it would take > to fix the rescue system. If rescue doesn't mount all the things automatically, you realize you can drop to a shell in the installer's context and mount any missing bit? Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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