setup-storage : Error: Error initialising SCSI device /dev/sda - Invalid argument

[Michael Tautschnig]

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> 
> > Then, shouldn't setup-storage ignore errors and problems on disks that
> > should not be changed, aren't even mentioned in the setup storage
> > config file?
> > Is that possible, or does parted always try to analyze(or whatever)
> > all disks attached to the system, and in this case, crash due some
> > problem?
> > 
> 
> Hmm, that is a good point. Once the config is parsed setup-storage should really
> know which devices it must possibly touch. The failing step is just at the point
> where setup-storage collects all the information about the system, and it is
> fairly greedy about this. But not necessarily so. I guess I should improve on
> this. It will require some additional code to scan the configuration for
> possible devices, but that's ok.
> 

That should be implemented as of 3.3.4~beta1+experimental3. Testing is much
appreciated.

Best,
Michael

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