Bug#240669: i386 unstable - no dhcp, some modules not installed, other issues
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: business-card CD i386 03-27-2004 daily build
uname -a: Linux sauron 2.4.25-1-686 #1 Tue Feb 24 10:55:59 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Mar 28
Method: Boot from Debian Business Card CD (in hdc); additional packages from internet (unstable)
Machine: NEC Direction
Processor: Pentium III (Coppermine)
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: I installed spare IDE disk as hdb and used that for install
Root Size/partition table:
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 20 (unused for this install)
hdb: Maxtor 90430D3
hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100
hdd: PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-114
Disk /dev/hdb: 4311 MB, 4311982080 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 524 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Mounted as
/dev/hdb1 1 135 1084356 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdb2 136 524 3124642+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 136 176 329301 6 FAT16
/dev/hdb6 481 500 160618+ 83 Linux /home
/dev/hdb7 501 524 192748+ 82 Linux swap swap
/dev/hdb8 177 358 1461883+ 83 Linux /
/dev/hdb9 359 480 979933+ 83 Linux
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10)
00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
00:0e.0 Network controller: Eicon Technology Corporation Diva 2.01 S/T PCI (rev 01)
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 43)
00:11.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
00:11.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RF/SG AGP
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [E] - No DHCP
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
ISSUE 1 - No DHCP found during 1st stage installation
This worked fine during earlier installations (last was Beta3).
I solved this by configuring the box with static networking and later changed
the configuration manually to DHCP.
ISSUE 2 - Some important modules not loaded after reboot
In the bootmessages I found the following lines:
<snip>
Discovering hardware: emu10k1 parport_pc ignore usb-uhci hisax ignore via-rhine
Skipping emu10k1; assuming it is build into the kernel
Skipping parport_pc; assuming it is build into the kernel
Skipping usb-uhci; assuming it is build into the kernel
Skipping hisax; assuming it is build into the kernel
Skipping via-rhine; assuming it is build into the kernel
<snip>
I ended up without network and sound! A manual 'modprobe' of the missing modules
and restarting networking fixed this.
It seems like ide-scsi is not discovered any longer. It was during previous
installations (I need it for my cd-writer and added it manually to /etc/modules).
ISSUE 3 - Error message after 2nd stage installation
Error: should never end up here when using 'ANSI_X3.4-1968'
I also noticed there was a mode change for my videocard at one point, I'm not
sure if that was at the start of stage 1 or stage 2.
I don't know if this is related, but I did not see this during earlier installations.
ISSUE 4 - Error as a result of choosing 'en' as language
First: I think this choice should be the default (and not en_US)!
I did 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' after installation.
Probably because I selected 'en' during 1st stage, there was an option 'en ISO-8859-1'
in the list. After I added some more locales and confirmed, I got the following error:
Locales: en
Generating locales
en.ISO-8859-1 cannot open locale definition file `en': No such file or directory
After I deselected this option in the list, the locales where generated OK.
ISSUE 5 - partman: should renumber partitions?
I choose to manually change the partitions on /dev/hdb.
The old layout was:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Mounted as
/dev/hdb1 1 135 1084356 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdb2 136 524 3124642+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 136 176 329301 6 FAT16
/dev/hdb6 177 480 2441848+ 83 Linux /
/dev/hdb7 481 500 160618+ 83 Linux /home
/dev/hdb8 501 524 192748+ 82 Linux swap swap
The new layout is listed at the top of this report.
I deleted the old hdb6 and created two new partitions in the resulting free space.
It is not entirely consistent that the old partitions 7 and 8 are renumbered to
6 and 7, but that there is no renumbering after the new partitions are created.
This results in a partitionnumbering that does not reflect the physical order
on the disc.
Would it be possible to renumber the partitions to reflect their physical order?
I know other tools (partition magic) do this.
The result in my situation would then be:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Mounted as
/dev/hdb1 1 135 1084356 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdb2 136 524 3124642+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 136 176 329301 6 FAT16
/dev/hdb6 177 358 1461883+ 83 Linux /
/dev/hdb7 359 480 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb8 481 500 160618+ 83 Linux /home
/dev/hdb9 501 524 192748+ 82 Linux swap swap
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