Bug#1037238: debian-installer: separate /usr ruins opening a shell in rescue

2023-06-21 Thread Pascal Hambourg
On 21/06/2023 at 03:55, tomas k wrote: On Fri, 2023-06-09 at 13:32 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: With /usr-merged layout (default since buster IIRC), a separate /usr must be mounted before running any program. The initramfs mounts a separate /usr before running init, but the installer rescue

Bug#1037238: debian-installer: separate /usr ruins opening a shell in rescue

2023-06-20 Thread tomas k
On Fri, 2023-06-09 at 13:32 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > On 09/06/2023 at 01:27, tomas k wrote: > > > > I'm on a different system than the problem one. For years I have > > had to boot knoppix > > and run a chroot to change a password I've forgotten, because I use > > a separate usr partition,

Bug#1037238: debian-installer: separate /usr ruins opening a shell in rescue

2023-06-09 Thread Pascal Hambourg
On 09/06/2023 at 01:27, tomas k wrote: I'm on a different system than the problem one. For years I have had to boot knoppix and run a chroot to change a password I've forgotten, because I use a separate usr partition, and rescue thinks it's the root directory. Butr without etc it's not going

Bug#1037238: debian-installer: separate /usr ruins opening a shell in rescue

2023-06-08 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Control: severity -1 normal tomas k (2023-06-08): > Package: debian-installer > Severity: critical > Tags: d-i > Justification: breaks the whole system Hardly. You're starting from a system that requires GRUB to be installed for some reason. d-i isn't breaking anything at all. > I'm on a

Bug#1037238: debian-installer: separate /usr ruins opening a shell in rescue

2023-06-08 Thread tomas k
Package: debian-installer Severity: critical Tags: d-i Justification: breaks the whole system X-Debbugs-Cc: foren...@wi.rr.com Dear Maintainer, I'm on a different system than the problem one. For years I have had to boot knoppix and run a chroot to change a password I've forgotten, because I