Bug#509299: installation: Error in Windows-Based Debial Installation

2009-01-18 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:50:37PM -0600, Armstrong, Mike wrote: OK. I will assume you start with an empty (unpartitioned) hard drive. I added the XP stuff to completely duplicate my HD. I don't think it is necessary to duplicate the problem. 1) Use a Linux live CD or repair disk to

Bug#509299: installation: Error in Windows-Based Debial Installation

2008-12-23 Thread Robert Millan
[ Please keep CC to the BTS ] On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:48:15PM -0600, Armstrong, Mike wrote: Perhaps that is the problem. My boot drive is C: and does not have a C:\Windows or a C:\Windows\Temp directory. My system drive is D: and it does have a D:\Windows\Temp dir. I DO have a

Bug#509299: installation: Error in Windows-Based Debial Installation

2008-12-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 09:04:17AM -0600, Armstrong, Mike wrote: Yup - the temp dir was created (see attached). FYI it was empty. I think I'll have to try reproduce this bug. Can you give me instructions on how to setup an environment that has the same problem? -- Robert Millan The DRM

Bug#509299: installation: Error in Windows-Based Debial Installation

2008-12-23 Thread Armstrong, Mike
OK. I will assume you start with an empty (unpartitioned) hard drive. I added the XP stuff to completely duplicate my HD. I don't think it is necessary to duplicate the problem. 1) Use a Linux live CD or repair disk to create: a) Partition 1 (boot volume) -- primary - 750 to 1024 MB

Bug#509299: installation: Error in Windows-Based Debial Installation

2008-12-22 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 05:06:54PM -0700, Mike Armstrong wrote: Package: installation Severity: important Justification: fails to build from source Windows identifies two partitions (drives) involved in the boot process - the boot drive and the system drive. The boot drive is the

Bug#509299: installation: Error in Windows-Based Debial Installation

2008-12-20 Thread Mike Armstrong
Package: installation Severity: important Justification: fails to build from source Windows identifies two partitions (drives) involved in the boot process - the boot drive and the system drive. The boot drive is the active partition and the system drive is the drive containing the Windows