Hi Colin,
You can close this case. I could not reproduce this bug a third time.
Thanks.
On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 16:13 +, Colin Watson wrote:
> Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and
> /var/log/partman to this bug, using the "Add Attachment" link on the
> bug's
I'm rather curious about this myself. I got the same results both times
I ran the installer, then realized that /dev/hda wasn't working. Does
the installer write log files to the ramdisk set up by the LiveCD? If
so, I can run the installer again and check the logs.
On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 20:07
Hi Colin,
Thanks for your amazingly fast follow up!
I finally figured this out. The hard drive totally crashed. I can't
even touch it with the LiveCD or several other rescue disks. Fdisk
refuses to see the hard drive.
What surprises me is that the installer reports that it is formatting
the