Bug#416113: installation-guide-i386: debootstrap pitfalls; install-grub+FC4 disk labels

2008-05-01 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
From comments on IRC I understand that this was a debootstrap installation from an existing Fedora Core system, not a D-I installation. IMO this falls in the category weird stuff that can happen during chroot installs. Anyway, this is not an installation guide issue, but a grub issue which

Bug#416113: installation-guide-i386: debootstrap pitfalls; install-grub+FC4 disk labels

2008-05-01 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 01 May 2008, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: From comments on IRC I understand that this was a debootstrap installation from an existing Fedora Core system, not a D-I installation. IMO this falls in the category weird stuff that can happen during chroot installs. Anyway, this

Re: Bug#416113: installation-guide-i386: debootstrap pitfalls; install-grub+FC4 disk labels

2008-05-01 Thread my apology
but unfortunately someone who regularly manages to screw up bug reports screwed up this one as well. my | clone 416113 -1 | reassign 416113 -1 | retitle -1 d-i: installation on installed systems | severity -1 wishlist should have been | clone 416113 -1 | reassign -1 debian-installer | retitle

Bug#416113: installation-guide-i386: debootstrap pitfalls; install-grub+FC4 disk labels

2007-03-24 Thread supaplex
Package: installation-guide-i386 Severity: important grub-install chokes in /etc/mtab if there is a disk label. After some research, something suggested I cp /proc/mounts /etc/mtab. I think this is where the problem was introduced first for me. There was an existing FC4 install with /boot on

Bug#416113: installation-guide-i386: debootstrap pitfalls; install-grub+FC4 disk labels

2007-03-24 Thread Frans Pop
reassign 416113 grub thanks On Sunday 25 March 2007 00:44, supaplex wrote: grub-install chokes in /etc/mtab if there is a disk label. From comments on IRC I understand that this was a debootstrap installation from an existing Fedora Core system, not a D-I installation. IMO this falls in the