Package: partconf Severity: important Tested with netinst-iso from 2004-10-29:
If installed on a partition which was a former DOS/Win partition (type 0xc) grub cannot be installed because it can not find and determine the correct filesystem on the disk. I think the partition type should be set to Linux (0x83) if I select a partition for install. Side effect is: needs maybe a reboot to recognize the changed partition. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a partition 2. Set type to 0xc (W95 FAT32 LBA) 3. Install Debian from CD as normal 4. Manually select the partition as install target 5. Create a new filesystem (I used ext3) 6. Continue with install (base system etc.) 7. Answer grub's question to install into MBR with yes 8. grub-install fails -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.9 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
