Package: debian-installer Version: Etch daily build 17 July 2006 I am the person who had trouble with the 2.4.27 kernel in bugs 258500 (now closed) and 286939. This is a new (but related) bug - I'm reinstalling to the same machine after a big repartioning exercise.
The latest installer boots 2.6.16 from the CD and gets all the way to partitioning before telling me that it can only see /dev/sda and /dev/sdb (which is sees instantly by loading sata_sil, before I have any choices to make). Unfortunately sda and sdb are striped into a "medley" ataraid array - the medley.o driver was required in 2.4 kernels, but now the device mapper is used instead. The CD contains the device mapper udeb (and libdevmapper and dmraid), but these are not available during the install, either in normal or expert mode. So I can't see my medley array and cannot continue the install. By contrast, please compare with the latest Knoppix, 5.0.1 - almost the same kernel (2.6.17), and presumably similar device mapper packages. When booting from Knoppix the device mapper is loaded automatically: device-mapper: 4.6.0-ioctl (2006-02-17) initialized: [EMAIL PROTECTED] appears in dmesg. The medley array is then visible as /dev/mapper/sil_aebgdidebbaj and so are its partitions (...bbaj1, ...bbaj2 etc.). Knoppix even sets up fstab with all the partitions in it, with their types detected and mount points prepared! So, please could someone make sure that the installer loads the device mapper? (I'm sorry if this bug is for the wrong package - I don't know whether the kernel is at fault here, for not having the device mapper stuff in it, or whether the installer is lacking the 'activation' of the mapped devices.) Thank you, CC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/391 - Release Date: 18/07/2006
