I know this, I also discussed this on IRC.This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report #239660: =?iso-8859-15?q?debian-installer-demo=3A_Problem_with_XFS_as_Root_FS_and_?= =?iso-8859-15?q?GRUB=0D=0AHello_there=2C?=, which was filed against the debian-installer-demo package.
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From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Robert Ribnitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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Subject: Re: Bug#239660: debian-installer-demo: Problem with XFS as Root FS and GRUB
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Hello there, Reply-To:=20 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Robert Ribnitz wrote:
I don't know whether this bug affects the general debian-installer,
Here's the situation:
- Using a Debian-Installer Beta 3 in installed a new testing (mainly to
get kernel with xfs support)
- Some repartitioning, and formatting. / is ext3, /var,/usr, /home are
xfs.
- More or less default installation, with formatting of / /var and /usr
- GRUB is installed on system and works fine.
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Later on:
- Service boot using a current knoppix (Cebit Edition 0.4)
- Backup /, format partition using XFS, Restore /
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The reboot then caused the system to hand with an error (70), probably
because it can no longer access XFS.
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Possible way out:
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- If XFS on root is used, install lilo instead of grub.
The Debian installer has a guard against XFS being used for the root filesystem with grub.
But you installed with an ext3 root partitoon using the Debian-installer, and then used third party tools (knoppix, etc) to change / over to XFS. This is your own problem, there is nothing d-i can do to prevent you =66rom shootinjg yourself in the foot with another gun.
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see shy jo
The prime reaosn for reporting this was to make sure the debian installer team was aware of such a problem.
Ideally, the installer should permit any reasonable choice of fs (ext2,ext3, reiser, xfs, jfs,..) as root fs, which probably
needs adaptations to the kernel booting the system.
Please strengthen the warning that is given when xfs is chosen for the root partiiton.
yours
Robert
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