Re: ppc64el Trixie Alpha 1 /boot may be ext2 not ext4

Holger Wansing <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.boot,gmane.linux.debian.devel.cd
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Cyril,

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> wrote (Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:21:08 +0100):
> [email protected] <[email protected]> (2025-01-12):
> > Hello,
> > installing Trixie Alpha 1 on Tyan TN71-BP012 (POWER8)
> > (/images/trixie_di_alpha1/ppc64el 2024/12/31)
> > 
> > Installation goes well but installed system isn't bootable with Petitboot.
> > Installation was made choosing automated partitioning for an entrier disk with LVM and luks.
> > Doing that unencrypted /boot partition is ext4 and Petitboot can't see it.
> > When partitioning if I edit /boot partition and set it to ext2 then after finishing installation,
> > PetitBoot see it and I'm able to boot in the installed system.
> 
> Sorry to hear about that. Looping in debian-boot@ who's responsible for
> the installer components that implement those choices.

thanks for pointing me on this.
I have just pushed a fix for this, reverting back to ext2:
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-auto/-/commit/a87cccbe0198b4dea2cc46a39d5f5b99501aa095


Regards
Holger
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