On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 07:45:56PM +0100, Andreas W?st wrote: > Hi Chris > > > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:25:31PM +0100, Andreas W?st wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> I've encountered some interesting behaviour of the debian installation > >> system during a woody installation on an Amiga4000 APUS box (architecture: > >> powerpc, flavor: apus), using kernel 2.4.17 and boot-floppies 3.0.19. > >> > >> The case why I've encountered this at all, was, that selecting "Initialize > >> a Linux Partition" caused the installation system to restart, but I was > >> told that this is an APUS kernel specific thing. But the following > >> shouldn't be kernel specific, and it was also not known if this behaviour > >> is erratic or if it is the expected behaviour of the system, so I was told > >> to post this to this list. > >> > >> So here we go. When the installer restarts, it always starts in the current > >> console the user is in. For example, when I change to console 3 shortly > >> after selecting the ominous "Initialize a Linux Partition" menu point, it > >> will start in console 3 (quite practical to see the kernel output on > >> console, I am using -v ;) ). Otherwise, if I change to console 2 and the > >> installer systems starts there, this is quite a bad idea, because on > >> console 2 no keyboard entry can be done anymore (console 2 is the one in > >> which a shell could be started by pressing enter during the installation). > >> > >> So, what do you think? Is this unexpected, or is it just the way it should > >> be? With other words, should I file a bug against the boot-floppies, or is > >> it just the way it should work and used for debugging? > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> Andi > > > > The restart bug on Initialize has been fixed. (A release is due shortly.) > > With other words, this is NOT a kernel specific bug (as "Initialize a Linux > Partition" did correctly work with kernel 2.4.9)?
Right. It was a dbootstrap bug. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]