[...] > > Now sda1 & sda2 are preserved, but setup-storage fails when building the > ext3 filesystem on /boot (debug log is on > http://paste.debian.net/19133/). This is weird, as running 'mkfs.ext3 > /dev/sda3' works fine from the shell just after installation has stopped.
Oh no, seems we need to move around the calls to udevsettle :-( I'll try to work out a patch later on this week; meanwhile: retrying might just work in this case... Could you indeed retry for me to see how high up this must be put in this week's priority list? >> >> 2. There was a bug in setup-storage (just reported as #501772), which your >> report made visible (thanks!!): It should not have destroyed your partitions, >> but instead have failed because your preserve_always specification and the >> disk_config wouldn't have been feasible. >> >> Given the corrected disk_config things should be fine even with the current >> setup-storage version, but you might also want to try the experimental >> packages >> from http://fai.alioth.debian.org, which include a fix for #501772. >> >> > > How am I supposed to use this url? adding it to sources.list doesn't > work, as there is no Packages.gz file; shall I just use dpkg? > Yes, dpkg is the way to go. If you have one, you might want to put them in your local package repository; we're working on an apt-get'able repository for these experimental packages (@Thomas: hint ... :-) ). Best, Michael
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