Bug#248442: installation-reports on Supermicro
Package: installation-reports
Version: beta 4
Debian-installer-version:
10 may 2004
(downloaded from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso)
uname -a: Linux fwcdr 2.4.25-1-386 #2 Wed Apr 14 19:38:08 EST 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: May 10th 2004, 15.30am
Method:
Netinstall, no proxy.
Installation with default kernel 2.4.25 went OK. Installing with 2.6
kernel did not work because the ICH5 SATA drivers are probably not in
the 2.6 kernel.
Machine: SuperMicro SuperServer 5013C-T
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80 Ghz
Memory: 512 Mb
Root Device: SATA HD Maxtor 120 GB
Root Size/partition table:
# fdisk -l /dev/hda # <- the same as /dev/hdb
Disk /dev/hda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 238216 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 992 499936+ fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/hda2 * 993 185066 92773296 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/hda3 185067 238216 26787600 fd Linux raid
autodetect
# mount
/dev/md1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/md2 on /var type ext3 (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
Output of lspci:
# lspci
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82875P Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB
UHCI #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB
UHCI #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB
UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB
UHCI #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2
EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface
to PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge
(rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) Serial ATA 150
Storage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
(rev 02)
0000:01:09.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL
(rev 27)
0000:01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541EI Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper)
0000:01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541EI Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper)
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: [O] (ok on 2.4; error on 2.6)
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:
I have been following the steps in this url to install (after doing the
basic/bare install)
http://members.ferrara.linux.it/calicant/docs/debianraid/debian_raid1.html
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