Package: installation-reports The following installation report was posted to debian-boot, and, according to my records, never followed up on. I am putting it in the BTS so it will not be lost. ----- Forwarded message from Erik Dykema <ed2019@columbia.edu> ----- From: Erik Dykema <ed2019@columbia.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 12:25:07 -0500 To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org Subject: Install Report - Failed CD-ROM install Hi- This is my second install report, apoligies for errors, welcome correction. thanks, Erik Dykema INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: Jan 07 Daily, from http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/daily/ uname -a: Linux 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30.39 i686 unknown Date: Jan 8, 2004, 11:00am Method: sarge-i386-netinst.iso Machine: Hp DL360 G3 Processor: 1 Intel Xeon Memory: 1024 mb Root Device: Smart Array 5i/532 Root Size/partition table: disk1 ext2 34 gigs disk5 linux swap 1 gig Output of lspci: lspci not found 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: [E] * See prev. report Mount partitions: [E] * See prev. report Install base system: [E] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Note - This machine has two physical hard drives configured into a raid 0+1 array (in hardware), which the installer sees as one drive of half the size (as it should). Not sure if this has anything to do with partitioning problems or not. Comments/Problems: (note - #1 is verbatim copied from my previous report, everything is the same, i have included it here for completeness only) 1. The installer first went to cfdisk. I created the partitions (1 ext3 (bootable), 1 swap), wrote the table, and selected finish. Then it went to the next screen where I am supposed to configure/mount the partitions, and instead of the list of my partitions (should have been 2), the list has 6 or 8 entries, most consisting of just one letter, like this: N N O O P P Q Q 913 MiB Anytime I select one of these list entries and hit <enter> it boots me out to the menu screen. At the menu screen, I am able to select auto-partition, which works fine and creates almost the same setup that I would have created anyway, so this is not a fatal problem. 2. Everything seems to install fine excepting the kernel. The red screen comes up and says that the kernel failed. I hit alt-f3 to see what dpkg reports, and find the following: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: constituant device /dev/cciss/disc0/part1 does not exist failed to create initrd image. I believe that device to be my raid device. When I look at it, ala: ls -l /dev/cciss/disc0 it lists this: brw--- 1 root root 104, 0 disc brw--- 1 root root 104, 1 part1 brw--- 1 root root 104, 2 part2 brw--- 1 root root 104, 5 part5 Things that seem curious: Why is mkinitd caring about my hardware devices, doesn't it just need to see the files in /target? Why are there 3 partitions, there are only two in cfdisk (ext2, swap). Unless it counts a few megs of free space as another partition. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- see shy jo
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