Bug#269083: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: netinst i386 RC1 from
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
uname -a:
Linux tomato 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-08-30
Method: burned iso onto CD, netinst
Machine: homebuilt Asus motherboard with Intel 865 chipset
Processor: P4 Northwood
Memory: 1 GB
Root Device: S-ATA drive
Root Size/partition table: <Feel free to paste the full partition
table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.>
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20023 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 851 6835626 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 19962 20023 498015 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3 852 19961 153501075 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda5 19962 20023 497983+ 82 Linux swap
I did the automatic partitioning w/ a separate /home partition, then
replaced that /home with an LVM
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM
Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller
(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. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge
(rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra
ATA 100 Storage Controller (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)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER
(ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11
[GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (rev 13)
0000:02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878
Video Capture (rev 11)
0000:02:09.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2570 (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:2571 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24d2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24d4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24d7 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:24de (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24dd (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24d0 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24db (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 0101: 8086:24d1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24d3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24d5 (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0110 (rev b2)
0000:02:05.0 0200: 11ab:4320 (rev 13)
0000:02:09.0 0400: 109e:036e (rev 11)
0000:02:09.1 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 11)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
I'm no GRUB expert but here's what I think happened and how I fixed it:
In addition to the SATA disk (/) the box also has a PATA drive with
pre-existing data. Debian was installed to the SATA drive and the BIOS
was set to boot from that drive. Debian mistakenly thought the SATA
drive was hd1 and the PATA drive was hd0. Thus GRUB was placed in the
PATA drive's boot sector and set to boot off hd1. The solution was:
1. Flip the BIOS to boot of the PATA drive. This changes the
PATA to be hd0 and the SATA to be hd1, matching was Debian expected. The
system boots fine.
2. Update /boot/grub/device.map and menu.lst to flip hd0 and hd1.
3. Run grub-install /dev/sda.
4. Reboot, put BIOS settings back.
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