[01:05] <CarlFK> this no longer works on natty:  d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda   d-i partman-auto/method string regular
[02:18] <CarlFK1> alt installer, Is this what walks the % bar across the screen: Dec  9 01:34:49 debconf: --> PROGRESS STEP 1
[11:35] <cjwatson> ev: could you sort out bug 686737, please?
[11:35] <ubot2> Launchpad bug 686737 in ubiquity (and 2 other projects) "Untranslatable string: Passwords do not match (affects: 1) (heat: 6)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/686737
[11:39] <cjwatson> ev: oh, and similarly bug 654491
[11:39] <ubot2> Launchpad bug 654491 in ubiquity (Ubuntu) (and 2 other projects) "Untranslatable "Confirm your password:" label (affects: 2) (dups: 1) (heat: 18)" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/654491
[11:44] <davmor2> cjwatson, ev: did you guys get my note re the install language yesterday?
[11:46] <ev> davmor2: yes, but I'm a bit all over the place today
[11:47] <ev> I'll endeavor to get to it tomorrow
[11:47] <davmor2> ev: No problems I was just double checking as I logged off not log after
[11:48] <davmor2> long even
[11:48] <ev> ah, thanks for following up
[12:09] <cjwatson> ev: have tentatively assigned those to you.  (I only care because they're marked as oem-priority bugs)
[12:09] <ev> okay
[12:09] <ev> straightforward enough
[12:09] <ev> on it nowish
[12:15] <CIA-88> ubiquity: evand * r4451 trunk/debian/ (changelog ubiquity.templates): Add debconf template for password confirmation (LP: #654491).
[12:20] <cjwatson> thanks
[12:23] <CIA-88> ubiquity: evand * r4452 trunk/ (3 files in 2 dirs): Translate the 'passwords do not match' string (LP: #686737).
[12:32] <tjaalton> what device should grub-installer use when installing lucid on a softraid mirror?
[12:34] <cjwatson> I don't unambiguously know what softraid means.  Do you mean mdadm or dmraid?
[12:34] <tjaalton> because it's using /dev/sda and fails, but I can't figure out which one to use for a manual run
[12:34] <tjaalton> mdadm AIUI
[12:34] <tjaalton> there are three partitions that are mirrored, and those are /dev/md{0,1,2}
[12:34] <cjwatson> you should normally install GRUB to all the disks containing the array
[12:35] <cjwatson> e.g. /dev/sda /dev/sdb
[12:35] <tjaalton> the dialog shows that, but the logs say that it only tried /dev/sda AFAICS
[12:35] <tjaalton> though I don't have a proper log right now, bleh
[12:36] <tjaalton> but it failed nevertheless
[12:36] <tjaalton> they are 2TB disks, does size matter ?-)
[12:36] <CIA-88> grub-installer: cjwatson * r878 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 1.57ubuntu2
[12:36] <cjwatson> I'd rather analyse a log than speculate ...
[12:36] <tjaalton> right
[12:37] <tjaalton> I have the installation ready, so I could chroot and run grub-installer, right?
[12:37] <tjaalton> running from another disk atm
[12:39] <cjwatson> you can't run grub-installer manually.  you can run grub-install manually if you make sure /dev /proc /sys are bind-mounted
[12:41] <tjaalton> yeah, I'll give it a go
[12:49] <tjaalton> root@fermaatti:/# LANG=C grub-install --no-floppy --force /dev/sdb
[12:49] <tjaalton> /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: This GPT partition label has no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible!.
[12:49] <tjaalton> that's how it fails
[12:50] <cjwatson> exactly 2TB or >2TB?
[12:50] <cjwatson> and are you preseeding the partitioner?
[12:50] <tjaalton> exactly, and no preseeding
[12:51] <tjaalton> I did it like instructed on https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/advanced-installation.html
[12:51] <tjaalton> manually
[12:51] <cjwatson> you'll need to create BIOS Boot Partitions then
[12:51] <tjaalton> ok
[12:51] <cjwatson> or use expert mode to work around the slight boundary-case bug that it uses GPT for >=2TB rather than for >2TB
[12:52] <tjaalton> the partitioner did leave some empty space there iirc
[12:52] <cjwatson> you need an actual partition on GPT, not just empty space
[12:52] <cjwatson> the partitioner calls it "Reserved BIOS boot area"
[12:52] <tjaalton> ah, alright
[12:53] <tjaalton> I found some bugs that are related, will have a look at them
[12:59] <tjaalton> btw, why does that help page suggest running "grub-install /dev/md*" after replacing a faulty drive? it complains that installing to a partition is a bad idea..
[13:01] <cjwatson> error I think
[13:01] <tjaalton> btw, i used the alternate installer so it's already "expert mode", and it shouldn't have used GPT in the first place?
[13:01] <cjwatson> the alternate installer is not already expert mode.
[13:01] <tjaalton> ok
[13:01] <cjwatson> it arguably shouldn't have used GPT although it's a bit of a toss-up - people are going to have to get used to GPT soon enough anyway
[13:02] <cjwatson> so I'm not all that worried about the exact boundary case
[13:03] <tjaalton> right
[13:03] <tjaalton> just the documentation needs a refresh ;)
[14:54] <CIA-88> tasksel: cjwatson * r1453 ubuntu/ (5 files in 2 dirs):
[14:54] <CIA-88> tasksel: Update Ubuntu tasks from seeds, adding kubuntu-full task and changing
[14:54] <CIA-88> tasksel: server's Key from ubuntu-serverguide to screen (LP: #672755).
[14:56] <CIA-88> tasksel: cjwatson * r1454 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 2.87ubuntu2
[18:33] <CIA-88> console-setup: cjwatson * r157 ubuntu/ (73 files in 3 dirs): merge from Debian 1.57
[23:44] <CIA-88> ubiquity: superm1 * r4453 ubiquity/scripts/plugininstall.py: cover copying GRUB translations for oem-config mode that don't include a '_' in the name