On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 06 November 2008, Mike Grice wrote: >> Ok, I got a little further. I started running the wrapper scripts the >> same way init calls them (via reopen-console). The first part of the >> installer, /sbin/debian-installer-startup, works fine. When I run the >> second part, /sbin/debian-installer itself, things break. >> >> I'm not sure where, but its hard to recreate the exact environment (as >> its called via reopen-console). I'll have to do some digging, maybe I >> can write a bunch of similar scripts just using the contents of >> reopen-console with the sourcing part included. > > OK, that makes sense. reopen-console is a recent addition in D-I, but is > required to support both real terminals and e.g. serial console. It is > very much possible that it lacks support for certain architectures, > especially for special use-cases like virtual machines. > > I suggest that you open a BR at severity important against rootskel (the > D-I component that includes reopen-console) with your current analysis > and follow-up to that with anything further you discover.
I've done that now (504721). I'll poke more into the debug output if I get time tomorrow. > reopen-console itself is just a shell script, so it can be debugged by > adding a 'set -x' during the early BOOT_DEBUG shells. Thanks again, Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
