Bug#241543: (no subject)
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: April 1, 2004 netinst sarge business card
uname -a: none
Date: April 1, 2004, 15:00 EST
Method: used sarge business card, debian.lcs.mit.edu mirror
Machine: VMware on a Dell Optiplex
Processor: Pentium 4
Memory: 512MB
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: see below
Output of lspci: none
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
I set up the VMware virtual disk to map through
to the physical disk, which already had FAT16, FAT32LBA,
and Plan 9 partitions on it. There was an empty section
at the end that was intended for Linux.
The gui partitioner insisted that there was only a single
FAT16 partition taking up the whole disk, making it very
hard for me to create a Linux partition in the empty space.
I switched to a console and fdisk on /dev/discs/ide0/bus0/master0/otherstuff0/part0
(I forget the exact path)
had no problem creating the partition, but even then the gui didn't notice it and
wouldn't let me past that step. So I gave up and am now
installing using the oldWoody netinst. The partitioner
in that netinst had no problems with my partitions.
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