Package: base-installer
Version: 1.94
Severity: serious
hey,
HP QA reported an issue with the most recent netinst builds for i386
and amd64. Their report follows:
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New lenny builds of 24th Aug ??? both amd64 and i686 bit failed during
installing the base system leading to installtion incomplete.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS:
Server: BL480c and DL365G5
Operating System: Debian ??? Lenny amd64/i686 ??? netinstaller ??? 24th Aug
Build
Boot Controller: Smart Array P400i and E200i
Network Controller: 373i
STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM:
1. Select option - Install
2. Install the base system
3. After completing 79% of installation , the following error occurs
The target file system contains files from a past
installation. These files could cause problems with the
installation process and if you proceed, some of the existing
files may be overwritten.
Proceed with installation to unclean target? Yes or No
4. When selected either, the step 2 restarts and the same error occurs
when completes 79%.
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I was able to reproduce this, and it appears to haev been introduced
by the fix for #494466. I added 'set -x' into bootstrap-base postinst,
and saw this[1] in syslog. To help verify, I retried the install w/
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy=most on the cmdline and
the install completed w/o issue.
[1]
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + break
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + [ initramfs-tools =
initramfs-tools ]
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + db_get
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + _db_cmd GET
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + IFS= printf %s\n GET
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + IFS=
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): read -r
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: _db_internal_line
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + RET=10
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy doesn't exist
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + return 10
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + db_input medium
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + _db_cmd INPUT medium
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + IFS= printf %s\n INPUT
medium base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + IFS=
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): read -r _db_internal_line
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + RET=10
"base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy" doesn't exist
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + return 10
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + true
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + db_go
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + _db_cmd GO
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + IFS= printf %s\n GO
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + IFS=
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): read -r _db_internal_line
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + RET=ok
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + return 0
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + db_get
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + _db_cmd GET
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + IFS= printf %s\n GET
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + IFS=
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): read -r _db_internal_line
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + RET=10
base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy doesn't exist
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: (process:506): + return 10
Aug 25 23:14:35 main-menu[1006]: INFO: Menu item 'bootstrap-base' succeeded but
requested to be left unconfigured.
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dann frazier
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