Bug#440301: iso-scan.postinst fails to find ISO on partitioned USB stick

Package: debian-installer
Version: 4.0r1

When installing from hd-media boot image on a USB stick which has been partitioned, the ISO image is not found.

I tracked the problem down to the interaction between iso-scan.postinst and list-devices. 'list-devices partition' will not find partitions on USB sticks that detect as floppies, and 'list-devices floppy' will only show the USB stick device, not any partitions it may have.

My workaround was to cause 'list-devices partition' to also list partitions on USB floppies. This got the job done, but it's probably not suitable for release as it confused the partitioner and slowed it down quite a bit. Someone more familiar with the various interactions with list-devices should come up with a better idea.

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