Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: beta 3 with base from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 unknown (from shell in installer) Date: March 21, 2004 15:10 Method: Boot from CD-Rom
Machine: VMWare 4.0.5 build 6030 on Windows 2000 Pro SP4 Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Memory: 192 MB (in VMWare) Root Device: IDE Root Size/partition table: N/A Output of lspci: N/A 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: [E] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: I am using auto partition all files in one partition. Installer suggests: #1 primary 4.0 GB (lightning) (smiley) ext3 / #5 logical 215.6 MB (smiley) swap I want to increase the size of the swap partition, so I select it and press Return. In the next menu I select size and press Return. I get an dialog stating: "Before the resize operation takes place, the changes have to be written to the storage devices. [snap] Write the changes to the storage devices and resize the partition? <Go Back> <Yes> <No>" This is a strange dialog because I am not changing a partition table I am changing the suggestion done by the installer. But since the disk is empty I select Yes to proceed. Expected behaviour: No write to disk (and thus no dialog). I continue an change the size value into "512 MB" and select Continue. The ext3 partition is create and resize starts. I get the following error dialog: "Can't have a partition outside the disk! <Go Back> <Continue>" After selecting Continue I am back at the Partition disks dialog with the following partitions: #1 primary 4.0 GB (lighting) (dog?) ext3 / pri/log 214.6 MB FREE SPACE #5 logical 516.0 kB swap NOTE: 516.0 kiloB. What appears to happen is the installer tries to extend the 214 MB swap partition to 512 MB which of course exceeds the disk size. Expected behaviour: The installer shrinks the root partition with 512 - 214 MB and increases the size of the swap to 512. Note: I applaud the efforts to create a user friendly partitioning systems as is present in most other modern distros, but when you do this it can't be just a wrapper around cfdisk, it has to be as flexibel as say Partition Magic.
