> This error is still present in 10.1 final. (The package installation is far > from "final" if you ask me...) I know it's not perfect, but good enough for most people. ..and how often are you doing a new installation? .. btw: Feel free to send patches :) > same thing happens if I chroot in the installation ramdisk. The ramdisk does not use bash, it uses 'ash' from busybox. What happens if you strace the process? -- Adrian -- We're working on it, slowly but surely...or not-so-surely in the spots we're not so sure... -- Larry Wall