On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 06:33:55AM +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Quoting Thomas Mieslinger (tho...@mieslinger.de): > > Package: debian-installer > > Version: 20110106+b1 > > > > Tried to autoinstall squeeze on dell poweredge hardware with drac5 > > or idrac6 KVM. The installer always tried to use 40MB usb vflash > > (/dev/sda) instead of the 1tb real harddrive (/dev/sdb). > > Hmmm, when there are several storage devices, you get, at some point, > the choice of what drive the installation should be made to.
Thomas is talking about unattended installation of an obscene number of servers, so "getting a choice" is not the intended behavior. > So, what exactly makes you think that the installer "prefers" USB > block devices? I guess that he would prefer to have USB block devices treated with lower (lowest?) precedence over "real" storage devices, which can/should avoid a prompt which may be undesireable during an unaended install. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110228085150.ga3...@nechayev.zugschlus.de
