Bug#239004: installation report (failed)
Package: installation-reports
Version: 20040315
Debian-installer-version:
debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/20040315/images/floppy
Date: Fri Mar 19 19:25:04 EET 2004
Method: Boot from floppy. Packages from local md5sum tested partial mirror
Machine: A PC
Processor: K7 1.8 GHz
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE (hda)
Root Size/partition table: / 150 MB 29% full, others empty
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge (rev8
0)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/
C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3227
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 A
udio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP8
x] (rev a4)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Error in installing kernel:
/usr/sbin/mkinird: Cannot determine root device
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.25-1-k7 (--configure):
2. attempt
recreating file-systems
/usr/sbin/mkinird: Cannot determine root device
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.25-1-386 (--configure):
I have /target! I even copied /var/log/* into it. There is enough
disk space.
- Jukka
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