I am working on fixing this problem for my company and will submit a bug report and patch very shortly.
Jim On Tuesday 06 July 2004 09:11, Florent de Dinechin wrote: > Package: installation-reports > Debian-installer-version:sarge-ia64-netinst.iso beta4 > > Machine : HP i2000 (bios 117c) but the problem is probably relevant > to all ia64 systems. > > The installation of the kernel and elilo on a an ia64 system > requires a FAT16 partition, > (also known as an EFI partition to sound more modern) > otherwise the installation fails during "installation of the base > system". > > However the (previous) partitionning step gives no hint to that > respect. What's worse, the suggested automatic-for-dummies options > (create one big partition, or create two for / and /home) > do not create this FAT16 /boot partition, leading to failure of the > kernel installation. > > Besides, I did not see any hint in the error messages that > the failure is due to a missing FAT16 partition. > > > Best regards, and sorry if there is something wrong in this bug > report, it is my first one. > > Florent -- ************* Jim Lieb Wild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883 Fax: 831.421.0885 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
