Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Beta 4 110mb image from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: 2004-06-24 1:48 pm
Method: Boot off CD, network install from mirror.optusnet.com.au, not proxied
boot "linux26" kernel initially, then switched back to default after
display problems
Machine: Compaq Proliant DL380 G3
Processor: Dual 2.8gb Xeon
Memory: 4.5gb
Root Device: 2x72g SCSI, hardware RAID 1 (HP CISS card)
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 72.8 GB, 72833679360 bytes
255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 17433 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 1675 6833984 83 Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 1676 17433 64292640 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/cciss/c0d0p5 1676 17310 63790784 83 Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p6 17311 17433 501824 82 Linux swap
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CMIC-LE (rev 13)
0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CMIC-LE
0000:00:00.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0000
0000:00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
0000:00:04.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b203 (rev 01)
0000:00:04.2 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b204 (rev 01)
0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks CSB5 South Bridge (rev 93)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB5 IDE Controller (rev 93)
0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05)
0000:00:0f.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks CSB5 LPC bridge
0000:00:10.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-X2 (rev 05)
0000:00:10.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-X2 (rev 05)
0000:00:11.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-X2 (rev 05)
0000:00:11.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-X2 (rev 05)
0000:01:03.0 RAID bus controller: Compaq Computer Corporation Smart Array 5i/532 (rev 01)
0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
0000:06:1e.0 PCI Hot-plug controller: Compaq Computer Corporation PCI Hotplug Controller (rev 14)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [O]
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: [E]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
* Didn't detect ethernet card (should be tg3)
* Can't switch from VT2-5 back to VT1 (get screenful of red vertical lines)
After these first two problems I rebooted to use standard boot image,
instead of linux26.
This time both tg3 interfaces were detected, and switching between VTs
worked fine.
DHCP was fine
I chose to do a automatic partition (separate partitions for home dirs),
and then made all partitions reiserfs instead of ext3.
GRUB installer died with:
Executing 'grub-install (hd0)' failed.
This is a fatal error.
VT3 shows:
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 is the name of my root partition.
I manually chose to install LILO on /dev/cciss/c0d0 and it worked fine.
On boot there were a pile of errors just after the Partition check:
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev cciss0(104,1).
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev2/root2,
or too many mounted file systems
However the boot was fine.
Defaulting to showing US timezones on base system config annoyed me, as I'm
in Australia. But it didn't cause a problem.
Base config went well. Including aptitude was a nice touch.
After running for a bit, I realised that the base install kernel doesn't
include SMP! I don't remember seeing an option to use it.
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