On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The syslog for the installation shows the following error: > mkfs.reiserfs 3.6.19 (2003 www.namesys.com) > mkfs.reiserfs: strtol is unable to make an integer of /dev/sda1 > > The installer calls mkfs.reiserfs as follows: > mkfs.reiserfs $do_label -f -q /dev/sda1 > where $do_label should have been empty.
I manually executed with success on VT2 this: # mkfs.reiserfs /dev/sda1 I didn't leave an EMPTY label, instead I requested "Debian GNU/Linux". Maybe this is the problem. > I can see nothing wrong with that command and can also not reproduce the > error (at least not using /dev/hda1). Yours is also the first report of > this issue. Yes, this is a first. I've never got this before. (this is a 64-bit X2 processor) > If we want to pursue this issue, we'll need some additional information. I'll try to run it with another HDD because I don't want to reinstall everything again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]