Bug#227694: installation-reports: installation report on VIA KT400 based Athlon system
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/keep_20040103/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux rothschild 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003
Date: 2004-01-12
Method: CDROM installation
Machine: Desktop Machine, VIA KT400 based motherboard
Processor: Athlon XP 2200+
Memory: 512M
Root Device: IDE, ST380021A (80G)
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 155061 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System mount point
/dev/hda1 * 1 69754 35155984+ 83 Linux /
/dev/hda2 69755 71692 976752 82 Linux swap swap
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
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]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
I installed the bootloader to /dev/ide/[....devfs crap....]/part1, but the
installer did not initialize the MBR on the disk. So after an unsuccessful
reboot attempt I examined the situation and ran the install-mbr manually.
Values extracted from questions.dat:
Name: lilo-installer/activate-part
Template: lilo-installer/activate-part
Value: true
Name: lilo-installer/bootdev
Template: lilo-installer/bootdev
Value: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
Flags: seen
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux rothschild 2.6.1-mm2 #2 Mon Jan 12 17:18:11 CET 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
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