Bug#1141839: installation-reports: preseed overwrites installer USB stick if no other drives are detected

Pascal Hambourg <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:19:33 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.boot
Organization Plouf !
Message-ID <c2cdc009-b5c2-4aa4-bef3-0d64ae676c36__12206.2800264516$1783966889$gmane$org@plouf.fr.eu.org>
On 12/07/2026 at 14:04, Kevin Locke wrote:
> 
> Another idea:  Could we exclude the drive with installation media if
> its only partition is the installer?  Or if the drive is removable
> media?

No, it would break legitimate use cases such as
- Installing on USB (USB 3 can be as fast as SATA)
- Typical scenario with SD-card hd-media image for ARM.