Etch installer requires 2 character hostname

2009-04-18 Thread Drew Weaver
Hi there, We do all of our installs via preseeding, recently I was trying to integrate Etch (debian 4) into our auto installation system, the problem I am running into is that the etch installer (not lenny) has a problem if your hostname only has 1 character. 1 character is all that is required

Bug in installer /w Dell SAS 5iR

2007-11-12 Thread Drew Weaver
Hi there. When installing Debian Etch 4 on a machine with a Dell SAS 5iR controller if the disks have previously had an OS installed on them the installer will stop at the "partitions formatting" stage at 33% for roughly 3-4 Hours depending on the size of the "DELL virtual Disk" to format the p