Package: installation-reports Severity: Normal Tags: sarge INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Daily Build 15-Nov-2003 downloaded from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/daily/ uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt> Date: 16-Nov-2003 22:18:00 -05:00 Method: 100MB CD image Machine: Old Tyan Motherboard Processor: Dual 333MHz Pentium II Memory: 384MB Root Device: SCSI /dev/sda Root Size/partition table: /dev/sda2 /boot 128MB /dev/sda3 / 10GB /dev/sda5 swp 1GB Output of lspci: I don't know dvorak keyboard so it is difficult to do anything...sigh. Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [E] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: When defining/creating file systems the mount point should be ignored for swap partitions rather than remembering the previously selected partition. Using the disk partitions that are already setup, reformating all of the partitions except for /dev/sda1 which is NTFS which should be mounted as /win2k. First selected /dev/sda2, format it for reiserfs and mount as /boot /dev/sda3, format for reiserfs and mount as / /dev/sda1, leave partition intact and mount as /win2k /dev/sda5, format as swap and the mount point was set to /win2k which caused an error. Workaround to avoid the bug: reformat swap first Workaround if you are stuck in the bug: set the swap partition type as some other type (e.g., ext2), when prompted about the mount point tell it not to mount the partition, then immediately set file system type back to swap and everything works like it should. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
