On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 12:52 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Dan C wrote: > > + rootpart_devfs=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1156681320 > It seems that base-installer finds the root partition by the rather > broken method of doing a "df /target". I assume that you have a large > root partition, of more than 100 gb in size, and probably the df > output does not add whitespace between the partition name and the size > in this case. Can you show the output of the df /target command to > verify this?
That's it. I don't know why I didn't catch this myself and (properly) report the error, but df /target returns: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1157076776 36284 149061412 0% /target with the -h flag /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 149.8G 44.9M 142.1G 0% /target Considering "One large / partition" is what d-i advises for new users, and that's the option I picked to generate the above partition sizes, this looks like a rather critical issue :) Thanks for your response and assistance! -Dan C Further, it looks like [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( "Help! Debian-Installer Dies with various umount errors" ) may be experiencing the same issue -- of particular interest is the "clean install, letting the installer use the entire disk." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
