Re: Installing Buster (improvements)

From	"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Installing Buster (improvements)
Date	2020-07-01 08:30 +0200
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Hi,

i assume that you are better off with your complaint at
  debian-boot@lists.debian.org

One can see in the list archive that bug reports about partitioning
during installation get re-attributed to package "debian-installer".
E.g. in
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2020/06/msg00065.html

Klaus Jantzen wrote:
> The system asked for the data of where that
> partition should lie in terms of 'cylinder/sector/head' (or something like
> it).

This kind of input demand is indeed outdated and ambiguous.

Did the partition editor at least tell how many "heads" a "cylinder" has
and how many "sectors" (i.e. blocks) are covered by one "head" ?
Did it show the start and end (or size) of the existing partition, so that
you get an impression what C/H/S address would be suitable as start of your
new partition ?

Have a nice day :)

Thomas

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Installing Buster (improvements) Klaus Jantzen <k.d.jantzen@mailbox.org> - 2020-06-30 22:40 +0200
  Re: Installing Buster (improvements) Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2020-06-30 23:50 +0200
    Re: Installing Buster (improvements) Klaus Jantzen <k.d.jantzen@mailbox.org> - 2020-07-01 14:30 +0200
      Re: Installing Buster (improvements) "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-01 17:20 +0200
      Re: Installing Buster (improvements) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-02 03:10 +0200
  Re: Installing Buster (improvements) "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-01 08:30 +0200

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