Bug#733049: debian-installer does NOT add bootable flag in guided partitioning mode

2013-12-25 Thread Andres Cimmarusti
> Isn't this flag supposed to be more or less decorative these days? > > (IOW: what's your particular setup, why does it need this flag?) I'm always working with old computers. They don't have a separate EFI partition (most of them can't handle it anyways) and usually I choose to install GRUB in t

Bug#733049: debian-installer does NOT add bootable flag in guided partitioning mode

2013-12-24 Thread Andres Cimmarusti
Package: debian-installer Version: 20130613+deb7u1+b1 Severity: normal Tags: d-i Since version 7.0 of wheezy, the debian installer has had this problem. The debian installer in guided partitioning mode does NOT automatically add the bootable flag to the appropriate partition. This can result in

Bug#629695: debian-installer: testing snapshot 6/6/11 fails to install

2011-08-25 Thread Andres Cimmarusti
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Andres Cimmarusti wrote: >> We need the installation logs. You'll find them in /var/log/syslog >> while installing, or in /var/log/installer on the installed system. > > I used a live cd to boot up my laptop (after an aborted failed > inst

Bug#629695: debian-installer: testing snapshot 6/6/11 fails to install

2011-06-09 Thread Andres Cimmarusti
> We need the installation logs. You'll find them in /var/log/syslog > while installing, or in /var/log/installer on the installed system. I used a live cd to boot up my laptop (after an aborted failed installation) and I mounted my hard drive, but I couldn't find such files under /var/log/ ... t