Hi Steve, thanks for your quick reply. Things are looking better now, but are not completely perfect yet.
> > culprit: partitioning of the second disk should never modify previous > > settings for sda > > Auto-partitioning means that you're allowing the system to choose a > fixed partition layout for you. I don't think it's reasonable to expect > auto-partitioning of /dev/sdb to keep partitions from /dev/sda that use > the same mountpoints. Agreed. I'd expect /boot to persist though... doesn't matter anymore since auto-partitioning now includes aboot and /boot partitions (tested with both multi-user and separate home). > If you're going to mix&match autopartitioning and manual partitioning, > the autopartitioning needs to be done first. This would be a bad idea if there was no aboot in the autopart. Fixed now. > > partition procedure 2: (single disk) > > - erase disk SCSI2 0,0,0 (sda) > > - Go Back > > - create empty partition tables for sda and sdb > > - create sda1 32MB for use with aboot > > - create sda2 32MB ext2 as /boot > > - create sda[3-5] (automatically or manually, doesn't matter, with > > settings used by automatic partitioning with /home) previous 3 steps replaced by autopartition with separate home > > - next step will refuse aboot installation (no space for aboot) and > > throw me back to partitioning. still there. I'm now using the boot.img of 28-Jul-2004 16:07 (~vorlon/d-i/images/daily/netboot as of 2004-07-28), 5407273 bytes. > The "no space for aboot" error is a subtle busybox bug that should be > fixed in today's daily images. Please re-open this bug if you find that > you're still having problems. Unfortunately, yes... but we're getting really close now. Thanks again for your valuable input, Steffen -- Steffen Grunewald * * * Merlin cluster admin (http://pandora.aei.mpg.de) Albert-Einstein-Institut (MPI Gravitationsphysik, http://www.aei.mpg.de) Science Park Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany e-mail: steffen.grunewald(*)aei.mpg.de * +49-331-567-{fon:7233,fax:7298} -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]