Package: Installer (??? did not find it) Version: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 "Potato" (ooo Netscape :-) Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > Your message didn't have a Package: line at the start (in the > pseudo-header following the real mail header), or didn't have a > pseudo-header at all. > > This makes it much harder for us to categorise and deal with your > problem report. Please _resubmit_ your report and tell us which package > the report is on. For help, check out http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting.html. > > Your message was dated Sat, 30 Dec 2000 05:15:36 +0100 and had > message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > and subject bugreport installing from cdrom. > The complete text of it is attached to this message. > > If you need any assistance or explanation please contact me. > > Darren Benham > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 30 Dec 2000 05:15:46 +0000 > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 29 23:15:46 2000 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from ns.dfu.de [195.179.54.2] (root) > by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) > id 14CEMr-0002uO-00; Fri, 29 Dec 2000 23:15:46 -0600 > Received: from augsburg.netsurf.de (core1-4-100.augsburg.netsurf.de [195.179.54.100]) > by ns.dfu.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA23187; > Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:12:01 GMT > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 05:15:36 +0100 > From: "C. Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [de] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16 i686) > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: bugreport installing from cdrom > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Package: > >boot-from-cdrom-install-and-fdisk-partitionion-inconsistancy(dont-know-exactly-what-module-this-is) > Package: Installer (??? did not find it) > Version: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 "Potato" > > Official CDs from LinuxLand, Germany > > Hi, do you know this? > > - When I try to install (from cd), the installer uses another > partitioning scheme than e.g. fdisk. > It offers to > - use /dev/hda15 as swap and fails to do so. (because it is hda11) > - offers to format my /dev/hda9, (from 1..15) but mounts my "real" hda9 > (from 1..11) on target. > Because I have a BSD/386 partition with slices (???) > This is what fdisk sees: > ... > /dev/hda2 * 259 775 3908520 a5 BSD/386 > /dev/hda3 776 820 340200 83 Linux > /dev/hda4 821 3970 23814000 5 Erweiterte > /dev/hda5 821 1078 1950448+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 * 1079 1336 1950448+ eb BeOS-Dateisystem > /dev/hda7 1337 1594 1950448+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 1595 2111 3908488+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 2112 3117 7605328+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda10 3118 3892 5858968+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda11 3893 3970 589648+ 82 Linux (Auslagerung) > ... > The Installer recognizes 4 BSD slices. So swap part. a11 is a15 to it. > But the system fails to mount /dev/hda15... > And mounts the same hda9 on "/target" as you see above and not a5, as it > should, when calculating the offset. Sorry for no screen shots... > > Hint: to create BSD-slices with FreeBSD, you just need the 2 floppies > and a supported network-card and an internet-connection.... > > I now change my a2 to something completly unknown to linux. > IMHO this shows that it is dangerous to use different strategies for > display and execution... (sorry, but...) > IMHO this bug isnt that critical because most people that have BSD > slices on their system know whats wrong... > > I enyou debian with gnome and enlightment very much, as I enyou my SuSE > with the new kde2 and my FreeBSD to read the code and the newsgroups... > > Happy new year and thanks for a great software! > > -- > Chris PAUL > http://www.augsburg.netsurf.de/cpaul > Please: do not publish my email-/web-address. > -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
