On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:10:39AM -0500, Andrew Brouwers wrote: >Package: debian-installer >Version: 20150107 > >I've tried using each beta2 + a daily image (from 20150109) to install >debian on a laptop, which already had partitions in place. This includes >an EFI partition, which was formatted on a previous distribution using >"mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/foo" > >During installation of jessie, the installer recognized the partition well, >and allowed me to delete the contents. However, it refused to easily allow >me to format it, always opting to keep the data (shown with a "K" in the >summary page). > >I suspect that the debian installer wasn't quite sure how to handle it >being 32-bit, as the D-I seems to prefer and use 16. As a result, the >partitioning failed. I was eventually able to go back, and after some >selecting/un-selecting, finally noticed that the installer flagged the >partition with "f" for format.
It's a deliberate choice, nothing particularly to do with it being 16- or 32-bit. We try to keep existing ESPs in case there are other OSes using them, basically. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com < liw> everything I know about UK hotels I learned from "Fawlty Towers" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150111162523.gy21...@einval.com
