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> I had started lvm before running the commands, but it's not enough
> to reproduce the problem. I have also tried to run them after having
> stopped the installation, didn't work either.
If you manually re-run setup-storage, does that at least have the same problems
as before? It could be
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> >
> > > I also get a bunch messages about uninitialized value
> > >
> > > Calling task_partition
> > > Partitioning local harddisks using setup-storage
> > > Starting setup-storage 1.2.1+exp
> > > Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/DEFAULT
> > > Executing: parted -s /dev/
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> >
> > From some earlier post I gathered that biosdisk part_msdos ext2 were
> > auto-detected anyway and not necessary. Could somebody check whether they
> > are
> > necessary are not?
>
> I checked again, they are really necessary. At least for
> Ubuntu/Lucid with with grub 1.98. Withou
Is it by any means possible for me to get remote access to that system to do
some more try&error? Otherwise I can just ask to to try to re-do the same steps
setup-storage makes, manually. It's too strange.
I would be happy to give you a remote access but... can't reproduce the
problem to
