This works with the lenny installer >= versions but not with the etch, as i was answered in this list a few days ago, the partman-auto/disk is only optional since lenny installer.
Regards: jonbaine 2008/7/11 Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Op 11-07-2008 om 12:55 schreef Frans Pop: > > > > Suggest you start by commenting out the settings for: > > - partman/choose_partition > > - partman/confirm > > > > That will allow you to see what the actual configuration that was created > > looks like. Please find out *what* is wrong and *why*. > > The file example-preseed.txt from Alioth specifies SCSI or SATA disk, > but the installed system has an IDE disk. > > > --- a/manual/example-preseed.txt > +++ b/manual/example-preseed.txt > @@ -81,13 +81,10 @@ d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true > #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \ > # select Guided - use the largest continuous free space > > -# Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition. The device name must > -# be given in traditional non-devfs format. > +# Specify a disk to partition. > +# Required when there are more disks then just one. > # For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk: > -d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda > -# Note: If you want to use whatever disk is available, no matter > -# what its device name, comment the line above out. This will only work if > -# the system only has one disk. > +#d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda > # In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use. > # The presently available methods are: "regular", "lvm" and "crypto" > d-i partman-auto/method string lvm > > > That patch got me past the 'No root file system' error. > > > Cheers > Geert Stappers > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
