Bug#504397: ext2_or_ext3_boot check fails when /boot is RAID

2009-11-25 Thread Martin Michlmayr
I suggested putting the following patch into d-i just before the release of lenny but never got an ack/nack. Since this issue is still there, I'm thinking of putting the patch in now. Can some partman experts comment on it? * Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com [2009-01-06 16:56]: We have a

Bug#504397: ext2_or_ext3_boot check fails when /boot is RAID

2009-01-06 Thread Martin Michlmayr
We have a partman check that ensures on some devices that the /boot partition is the 1st primary partition. Unfortunately this check fails when /boot is a RAID device, but it's actually valid for /boot to be a RAID1 device (as long as its physical partition is the 1st primary partition). There's

Bug#504397: ext2_or_ext3_boot check fails when /boot is RAID

2008-11-03 Thread Martin Michlmayr
Package: partman-ext3 Version: 54 The ext2_or_ext3_boot check I added has a problem: when you put sda1 in a RAID for /boot, the check will complain that /boot is not on the first primary partition. However, a RAID /boot partition is okay as long as it's on sda1/sdb1. The ext2_or_ext3_boot check