On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Martin Michlmayr <t...@cyrius.com> wrote:
> I finally had time to look into this issue. I summarized what I found > in a bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/729445 What a clear and simple report -- thanks, Martin! >> (Ext2 seems to be the only linux-native FS available in the installer.) > > I wonder why you say that. > > That's something I never understood about the several reports I > received from other users about this problem. Why do they use ext2 > for the root partition? By default, the installer should use ext3, > but for some reason it must be ext2 on the DNS-323. I'm not sure why > and I'm not around my ARM devices at the moment to check. But this is > definitely another issue since ext2 should *not* be the default for > the root partition (only for /boot). Yes. I can only speak for my colleague and myself; we saw only ext2 and several FAT-related choices when we ran d-i and chose to use its partitioning UI. I don't know why ext3 et al. were not on the menu. Of course, d-i is running in 64 MB of RAM in this case. Two possibilities occur to me: 1) the installer is ignoring more memory-intensive partitioning options right away 2) the installer looks at disk size and estimates how much RAM it will need, and then offers partitioning options it can support. A google for "Memory allocation failed while setting up superblock" shows (with only RAM <192 MB, no swap) some examples of the kind of problem d-i might be seeking to avoid by offering ext2 only. I apologize for speculating without reading the source. The disk I was installing on was 2 TB. When I have time, I shall try the same install on a 250 GB disk and report. I am very grateful for the help, Martin, and for any opinions from the list. -- t...@eastpole.ca :::: East Pole Productions -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/calprqqacrienqhqnatq3jct97vp0zjlm+_hraeb0mq_he5_...@mail.gmail.com