Bug#760553: debian-installer: changing from guided to manual with LVM results in corrupt LVM metadata

2014-09-05 Thread Jon Dowland
Package: debian-installer Version: debian-7.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso Severity: important hi, I've set Version: to the ISO I used for install as I'm not sure what version of d-i that correlates to, nor whether this is a bug fixed since. I recently performed an install and opted for guided - use LVM

Btrfs limitations in the Debian installer 7.0 beta4 release

2012-12-14 Thread Jon Dowland
Forwarding this interesting message re d-i feedback and using BTRFS in the installer from -devel. - Forwarded message from Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com - From: Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com Subject: Btrfs limitations in the Debian installer 7.0 beta4 release Date: Thu,

Bug#687804: installation-reports: users are not able to review external documentation while stuck in the installer

2012-09-17 Thread Jon Dowland
The installer (in expert mode) supports an ssh client on an alternative VT, afaik. One can connect to another machine with stuff already installed via this if necessary. Surely this is sufficient to address the request. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Wheezy release: CDs are not big enough any more...

2012-05-15 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 09:34:39AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: So to use the image you need either a DVD or a USB stick, and if you're using a write-once DVD you're perhaps wasting the unused space; but the download time and install footprint are still kept low and in the range of what a CD

Bug#642115: debian-installer: guided full disk encryption + LVM complains about insecure swap

2011-09-20 Thread Jon Dowland
/debian-swap_1 Thus the outer-if is passing. dm_is_safe looks fine to me, at least it invokes dm_dev_is_safe, I'll try to look at dm_dev_is_safe next. -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#642115: debian-installer: guided full disk encryption + LVM complains about insecure swap

2011-09-20 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:54:21AM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: Thus the outer-if is passing. dm_is_safe looks fine to me, at least it invokes dm_dev_is_safe, I'll try to look at dm_dev_is_safe next. I think this is where the problem is. crypto-base.sh, dm_dev_is_safe: dminfo=$(dmsetup table

Bug#642115: debian-installer: guided full disk encryption + LVM complains about insecure swap

2011-09-19 Thread Jon Dowland
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Hi, Using a daily build: -rw-r--r-- 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 240M Sep 16 10:00 debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso If you choose Guided / Encrypted / LVM as the partitioning type, the resulting scheme chosen by d-i basically looks like (physical

Re: How about playing a game while installing Debian?

2009-04-30 Thread Jon Dowland
configurations and usage scenarios. But I think in many cases this set coincides with those where playing games would be useful (I.e. you aren't going to play games during a FAI install, are you?) -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Bug#326243: #326243: misleading description about --install

2006-12-04 Thread Jon Dowland
was accurate, and if busybox did behave in the way it describes... -- Jon Dowland signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#278085: /sbin/cfdisk: confirmation : and from a d-i install, no less

2004-10-25 Thread Jon Dowland
Package: util-linux Version: 2.12-10 Followup-For: Bug #67185 I experience similar problems # cfdisk /dev/hdc FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 6: enlarged logical partitions overlap Press any key to exit cfdisk Partition layout (from fdisk): Disk /dev/hdc: 120.0 GB,

Bug#278085: debian-installer report

2004-10-24 Thread Jon Dowland
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso 23-Oct-2004 23:10 uname -a: Linux konishi 2.4.27-1-k7 #1 Fri Sep 3 06:21:29 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: from Oct 24 18:59:37

Bug#278085: missing attachments (apologies)

2004-10-24 Thread Jon Dowland
See attached. :00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge :00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge :00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) :00:07.0 Communication controller: Intel Corp.