Bug#509799: Patch

2009-11-27 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Gaudenz Steinlin [2009-11-26 18:56]: > Why not just ask the user if d-i should mark the partition as bootable? > I'm not sure if this is easily implementable, but if it is, I think this > would be user friendlier than the proposed solution. > > E.g something along the lines of: Your boot partit

Bug#509799: Patch

2009-11-26 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Frans Pop [2009-11-26 20:07]: > There is nothing that guarantees the bootloader is installed in the /boot > partition, or that the /boot partition is the first partition on the disk. This bug is about a script which ensures that /boot is the 1st primary partition and that it's ext2 or ext3, wh

Bug#509799: Patch

2009-11-26 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 26 November 2009, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > _Description: Go back to the menu and correct this problem? > > Your boot partition has not been marked as a bootable partition, even > > though this is required by your machine in order to boot. Please go > > back and set the bootable fl

Bug#509799: Patch

2009-11-26 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi Martin On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 05:38:58PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I think the patch I proposed (below) is fine but we still need a new > template. > > How about the following text: > > _Description: Go back to the menu and correct this problem? > Your boot partition has not been mar

Bug#509799: Patch

2009-11-25 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Christian Perrier [2009-11-25 19:53]: > I'm somehow not entirely happy with the synopsis not being understable > all alone (without the long descriptions...and also virtually > requiring the long description to be read *before* it). I just copied other templates from partman-ext3 so maybe those

Bug#509799: Patch

2009-11-25 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Martin Michlmayr (t...@cyrius.com): > I think the patch I proposed (below) is fine but we still need a new > template. > > How about the following text: > > _Description: Go back to the menu and correct this problem? > Your boot partition has not been marked as a bootable partition, even

Bug#509799: Patch

2009-11-25 Thread Martin Michlmayr
I think the patch I proposed (below) is fine but we still need a new template. How about the following text: _Description: Go back to the menu and correct this problem? Your boot partition has not been marked as a bootable partition, even though this is required by your machine in order to boot

Bug#509799: Patch

2009-01-06 Thread Martin Michlmayr
Here's a patch, and then we just need a new debconf template partman-ext3/boot_not_bootable Index: ext2_or_ext3_boot === --- ext2_or_ext3_boot (revision 55526) +++ ext2_or_ext3_boot (working copy) @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #!/bin/sh -# Che