Re: Partial success - an informative crash - was [Re: First attempt to use preseeding]

2012-11-05 Thread Richard Owlett
Brian wrote: On Sun 04 Nov 2012 at 06:55:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: *My procedure* 1. Partition/format a 16 GB USB stick as single primary partition formatted as ext2 using Gparted. At this stage of the installer's operation it is very happy to deal with FAT16. I'd suggest you fall in

Re: Partial success - an informative crash - was [Re: First attempt to use preseeding]

2012-11-05 Thread Brian
On Mon 05 Nov 2012 at 07:49:29 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: Brian wrote: On Sun 04 Nov 2012 at 06:55:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: *My procedure* 1. Partition/format a 16 GB USB stick as single primary partition formatted as ext2 using Gparted. At this stage of the installer's

Partial success - an informative crash - was [Re: First attempt to use preseeding]

2012-11-04 Thread Richard Owlett
Richard Owlett wrote: Why - learn to use preseeding. Why now - I think I've found an install related bug. Using preseed.cfg would eliminate human error as cause. For simplicity and repeatability I'm installing from DVD with no network connection of any sort. The DVD is disk 1 of 8 of a

Re: Partial success - an informative crash - was [Re: First attempt to use preseeding]

2012-11-04 Thread Brian
On Sun 04 Nov 2012 at 06:55:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: *My procedure* 1. Partition/format a 16 GB USB stick as single primary partition formatted as ext2 using Gparted. At this stage of the installer's operation it is very happy to deal with FAT16. I'd suggest you fall in with its wishes