Re: Bug#717511: Kernel does not start up on Pegasos-2

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 09:59:18PM +0400, Pavel Fedin wrote:
> Hello, Milan.
> 
> 22 июля 2013 г., 5:23:34, you wrote:
> 
> 
> > User did not let installer to create default partition layout but 
> > manually created incorrect one, or installed on a previously created 
> > partitions and used ext4 and ext3 file-systems.
> 
>  Yes, exactly. Actually i agree, there's little to blame in Installer.
> Only  one  small  thing  -  nobody  told me that my layout (previously
> worked) became incorrect. Perhaps Installer should warn about it ?
>  Or, we can consider one more corner case. What if i install the whole
> OS to a single EXT2 partition ? Yes, again, i agree, you may ask "Why,
> EXT2  is  outdated  and  there's cool new EXT4". I have already said -
> this is corner case.

Maybe the installer could warn about a likely broken partition
layout after you choose manual layout.  It doesn't seem right
that if you want to customise layout at all you must remember
any machine-specific constraints.

Also, this constraint is not documented in the installation manual.

Ben.

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