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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio,
(I added the list in to this e-mail)
I discovered the problem.
chmounter checked to make sure the user was not unmounting something
important, but restricted it to ${dest}1
which failed in your case.... so I removed that entirely

I am rebuilding OBI with your fix to the intro text, this chmounter fix,
and a working (i hope) zmktbl

When I rebuild ToriOS again, we will have a much nicer OBI setup!
Thanks for your diligent testing.  I think I could add the check back in
to see what is mounted and make sure dest is there... but either way it
will work without my extra check.  I wanted to have a good check for the
user in case they mounted their USB drive to mount to copy files to or
something...  but this is a fringe use-case and we can deal with it in a
later update.  Right now we want a working dual partition setup!

Oh, was the help text fairly useful?  Did it give you decent advice
where to install?

On 02/22/2015 11:49 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Den 2015-02-22 18:35, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>> Hi Israel,
>>
>> There is another and I think worse problem.
>>
>> Installing the basic way works :-) but your option
>>
>> 'Partition drives and Install alongside current OS'
>>
>> does something wrong, or is not clear, so it made me fail.
>>
>> I created a partition /dev/sda3, selected it via obi-root, which was
>> recognized. I reused the existing swap partition. The installer expanded
>> the tarball, but at the end (of the script) there was a (yes/no)
>> question about mounted drives. I don't understand why it was asking that
>> question and answered what I thought would be correct. The result was
>> that the computer boots into the original operating system in /dev/sda1 :-(
>>
>> What are you doing (how is it changed from my 'Advanced OBI level')?
>>
>> I understand that you added a call to gparted, but what more? It should
>> install the bootloader, so that the currently installed system should be
>> pointed to and booted.
>>
>> Did we fix this or something similar some month ago? Is it a bug coming
>> back because you are using some old stuff to be able to make an iso file?
>>
>> -o-
>>
>> There is a minor issue with gparted. The green tick to execute the edits
>> is hidden, because the automatically selected window size is too small
>> for it to display. I have to click on a black triangle to see it. The
>> screen resolution in this IBM Thinkpad T42 is 1024x768 and it is big
>> enough to show the green tick when I select full screen for gparted.
>>
>> This issue might confuse beginners. I don't know if there is any
>> solution. It is also possible to use the pull-down menu Edit -- Apply
>> all operations. Maybe that should be mentioned somewhere, where it is
>> also suggested to add the labels 'obi-root' and 'obi-swap' for the
>> intended partitions.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
> More details:
>
> I re-installed and am now at the question after successful expansion of
> the tarball:
>
> Bootloader: /usr/share/OBI
> /dev/sda3 ..... /mnt
> [OBI] Something is mounted on /mnt
> /dev/sda3 on /mnt type ext4 (rw)
> And it is not /dev/sda1
> Do you wish to unmount /dev/sda3 on /mnt type ext4 (rw), and mount
> /dev/sda1 to /mnt [Y/N]
>
> Why this question and what am I to reply? I am installing to /dev/sda3
> and want to bootloader to point to that partition too.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>


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Regards

-Israel
ToriOS Team