Bug#440301: marked as done (iso-scan.postinst fails to find ISO on partitioned USB stick)

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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.

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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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Source: debian-installer-utils Source-Version: 1.50 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of debian-installer-utils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: debian-installer-utils_1.50.dsc to pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils/debian-installer-utils_1.50.dsc debian-installer-utils_1.50.tar.gz to pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils/debian-installer-utils_1.50.tar.gz di-utils-exit-installer_1.50_all.udeb to pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils/di-utils-exit-installer_1.50_all.udeb di-utils-mapdevfs_1.50_amd64.udeb to pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils/di-utils-mapdevfs_1.50_amd64.udeb di-utils-reboot_1.50_all.udeb to pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils/di-utils-reboot_1.50_all.udeb di-utils-shell_1.50_all.udeb to pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils/di-utils-shell_1.50_all.udeb di-utils-terminfo_1.50_all.udeb to pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils/di-utils-terminfo_1.50_all.udeb di-utils_1.50_amd64.udeb to pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils/di-utils_1.50_amd64.udeb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 440301@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-installer-utils package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:51:29 +0100 Source: debian-installer-utils Binary: di-utils-terminfo di-utils-mapdevfs di-utils-shell di-utils-reboot di-utils di-utils-exit-installer Architecture: source amd64 all Version: 1.50 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org> Changed-By: Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Description: di-utils - Miscellaneous utilities for the debian installer (udeb) di-utils-exit-installer - Exit installer (udeb) di-utils-mapdevfs - mapdevfs utility for the debian installer (udeb) di-utils-reboot - Reboot (udeb) di-utils-shell - Execute a shell (udeb) di-utils-terminfo - Terminfo entries needed by newt/slang in debian installer (udeb) Closes: 440301 Changes: debian-installer-utils (1.50) unstable; urgency=low . [ Frans Pop ]
* register-module: remove support for obsolete modutils and for no longer
used type chandev.
* apt-install: support CD/DVD changing by using debconf-apt-progress.
To make media changing possible, the installation CD is unmounted in the D-I environment and reloaded after the package installation is finished. This change also makes apt-install use the passthrough instead of the noninteractive frontend. Requires debconf (1.5.16).
* chroot-setup.sh: unconditionally check for and mount /target/sys.
. [ Otavio Salvador ]
* list-devices: use pendrive as floppy workaround while probing
partitions. Closes: #440301. . [ Colin Watson ]
* Just test whether /etc/apt/sources.list exists, not whether it's a file.
I got a bug report involving a package that made /etc/apt/sources.list be a symlink to an absolute path which of course doesn't exist in the installer environment... Files: 643d64d2d07c9618fa773313296eacbd 1041 debian-installer standard debian-installer-utils_1.50.dsc e442b33be9e6c7806091760b9691cee0 66112 debian-installer standard debian-installer-utils_1.50.tar.gz 8a0c4d9f483c5783859792ad8813dfe9 17252 debian-installer standard di-utils-shell_1.50_all.udeb a004c0da3d60f9f44cf19ce8216229be 7766 debian-installer standard di-utils-reboot_1.50_all.udeb e24153396b06329ce47a704ec51d0058 2742 debian-installer extra di-utils-exit-installer_1.50_all.udeb 8b1bf4a4eff1ece40d1c017611fefc7c 2420 debian-installer standard di-utils-terminfo_1.50_all.udeb 9d2196db61c6a8977fe17a2aea6a90a8 10218 debian-installer standard di-utils_1.50_amd64.udeb d72bd4b1bbc4fcefdf3543441c1415c1 2376 debian-installer standard di-utils-mapdevfs_1.50_amd64.udeb Package-Type: udeb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHREgygm/Kwh6ICoQRAg2QAJ9O9lGtIg6RnB7o1pW0befXw7wcIwCgj4Bg F1fcXNcc1wCJ8jHImPmio8I= =Ib6H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org