Brian White wrote: > After doing a full install, it ejected the CD and asked me to remove the > media for reboot. I took this opportunity to switch to another window > and make a "dd" backup of /dev/md/0 partition (for future reference, as > I'm trying to track down an md0 install problem). In doing so, I unmounted > the filesystems. When all was completed, I went back to the main window > and hit "OK" to go ahead and reboot. I thought it odd that it appeared to > do a few things, and then when it rebooted, my keyboard was not configured > (I use Dvorak) and base-config did not run. > > It looks to me like more happens at that point than just a reboot and if > someone has played around and unmounted the /target then some things don't > get set and the configuration does not happen correctly.
There's a reason why the menu item is entitled "_finish the installation_ and reboot". We could consider splitting the final reboot bit out of prebaseconfig. I think it would prove very difficult to do it well. -- see shy jo
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