Bug#252551: Clarifications requested by Christian Perrier
1. I may have the wrong terminology for the version of d-i. On advice from
M. Michlmayr, I downloaded floppy images from
http://ftp.debian.org/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/
on 2004/05/30. When the floppy executed, it identified itself as 20040528.
I thought from information on the d-i web page that this was a snapshot of
Beta 4, but perhaps that's incorrect. I don't know what tc1 means.
2. On machine #1, the reiserfs filesystems on /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2 left
over from previous Linux installs were not recognized at first. The
partitioner reported that no filesystems were found on those partitions.
After it recreated them, it recognized them and listed the partitions as
having reiserfs systems. But it hung when it attempted to assign
mountpoints to partitions on /dev/sdb. It succeeded at assigning
mountpoints to partitions on /dev/sda, and completed the installation with
that limitation.
I think it also failed to recognize the existing Linux filesystems on
/dev/sda until it created new ones, but I don't see that in my notes, so I'm
not certain.
3. Here are the lspci listings.
Machine #1:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430HX - 82439HX TXC [Triton II] (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3] (rev 11)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 1080 [size=128]
Memory at 41000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at f7fc0000 [disabled] [size=256K]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II] (prog-if 80 [Master])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at 1000 [size=16]
00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5436 [Alpine] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Flags: medium devsel
Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=32K]
Machine #2:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P] System Controller (rev 11)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Memory at e2200000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 2050 [disabled] [size=4]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P] AGP Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 99
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: e0100000-e01fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e8000000-f7ffffff
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] ISA (rev 05)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] IDE (rev 04) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] IDE
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] ACPI (rev 03)
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] ACPI
Flags: medium devsel
0000:00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7902 U320 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Adaptec: Unknown device ffff
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 72, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 1400 [disabled] [size=256]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
I/O ports at 1000 [disabled] [size=256]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [a0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: [94] PCI-X non-bridge device.
0000:00:0a.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7902 U320 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Adaptec: Unknown device ffff
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 72, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 1c00 [disabled] [size=256]
Memory at e0002000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
I/O ports at 1800 [disabled] [size=256]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [a0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: [94] PCI-X non-bridge device.
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Intel Corp. PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at e0020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
I/O ports at 2000 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [e4] PCI-X non-bridge device.
Capabilities: [f0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
0000:00:10.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] PCI (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=68
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: e0200000-e1ffffff
0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 NG [FireGL X1] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0172
Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 17
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
Memory at e0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
0000:01:05.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 [FireGL X1] (Secondary) (rev 80)
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0173
Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at e0110000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
0000:02:00.0 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] USB (rev 07) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] USB
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at e0220000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
0000:02:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
Subsystem: Creative Labs: Unknown device 8067
Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 40c0 [size=32]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
0000:02:04.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 0a)
Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at 40e0 [size=8]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3] (rev 11)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 4000 [size=128]
Memory at e0222000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=256K]
0000:02:07.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 66
Memory at e1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16M]
I/O ports at 4400 [disabled] [size=256]
Memory at e0223000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100 S Server Adapter
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 18
Memory at e0221000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 4080 [size=64]
Memory at e0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
4. Separating item 4 above into the wishlist category is probably
reasonable. However, it's unexpected that GRUB couldn't be written to a
floppy. There might be a simple reason.
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