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

2013-12-25 Thread Philipp Kern
On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 10:43:04AM -0430, Andres Cimmarusti wrote: > 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 the root partition, thus I need to make it > bootable. I assure you

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

2013-12-25 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Andres Cimmarusti (acimmaru...@gmail.com): > > And what do you propose for this? :-) > > I propose this be re-enabled by default on the guided partitioning if > the debian installation media is NOT booted in EFI mode. Unless I'm > grossly misunderstanding the issue as I explained above.

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

2013-12-25 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Andres Cimmarusti (acimmaru...@gmail.com): > 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

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

2013-12-24 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Andres Cimmarusti (2013-12-24): > 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

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