Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-24 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 08:32:26PM +0200, Alain rpnpif wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 07:10:08PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: debian-installer, as its name says, is for installing Debian, not to upgrade it. If you want to upgrade it, the proper way is to use apt, aptitude or one of their

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-23 Thread Alain rpnpif
I'm afraid no. It is even surprising that g-i works where the text installer doesn't as I don't see any functionnality difference in that matter: re-using existing partitions with a Linux system already installed on them is not supported at all. I do not understand also but it is the reality.

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-23 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 09:06:45AM +0200, Alain rpnpif wrote: I'm afraid no. It is even surprising that g-i works where the text installer doesn't as I don't see any functionnality difference in that matter: re-using existing partitions with a Linux system already installed on them is not

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-23 Thread Alain rpnpif
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 07:10:08PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: debian-installer, as its name says, is for installing Debian, not to upgrade it. If you want to upgrade it, the proper way is to use apt, aptitude or one of their graphical front-end. This is therefore the proper way to fix this

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-23 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Alain rpnpif (rpn...@free.fr): I do not think that partman is relevant. Forbidden an upgrade of an old installation is not a good choice for me. D-I has never been meant for performing system upgrades. apt/aptitude do the job much better. I actually don't really know what you're

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-21 Thread rpnpif
Package: debian-installer Severity: grave debian-installer (netinstall) of 2010-08-19. With normal mode of install (ncurses ?), it is impossible to answer to setup questions (configure) seen in the background screen (Alt-F4). The install freeze. Only a kill action in busybox can do to continue.

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-21 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 02:01:18AM +0200, rpnpif wrote: Package: debian-installer Severity: grave debian-installer (netinstall) of 2010-08-19. With normal mode of install (ncurses ?), it is impossible to answer to setup questions (configure) seen in the background screen (Alt-F4). The

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-21 Thread rpnpif
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 10:40:48AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: This is something actually normal. What is not normal is that packages ask setup questions directly on the console, this is forbidden by policy. Do you have the name of such packages? I think that it is not normal because the

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-21 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting rpn...@free.fr (rpn...@free.fr): On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 10:40:48AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: This is something actually normal. What is not normal is that packages ask setup questions directly on the console, this is forbidden by policy. Do you have the name of such packages?

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-21 Thread Alain rpnpif
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:19:24AM -0400, Christian PERRIER wrote: I have trouble understanding what you mean by to upgrade initramfstools in mod edebootstrap. Could you give us the messages that appear on the fourth console? As Aurélien was explaining, if something is on-interactive when

Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-21 Thread Christian PERRIER
reassign 593812 partman-basicmethods severity 593812 wishlist thanks Quoting Alain rpnpif (rn...@free.fr): On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:19:24AM -0400, Christian PERRIER wrote: I have trouble understanding what you mean by to upgrade initramfstools in mod edebootstrap. Could you give us

Processed: Re: Bug#593812: debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install

2010-08-21 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 593812 partman-basicmethods Bug #593812 [debian-installer] debian-installer: Impossible to answer to questions on normal install Bug reassigned from package 'debian-installer' to 'partman-basicmethods'. severity 593812 wishlist Bug