Bug#297656: sparcstation 5 install failure again (base-config)

[Blars Blarson <blarson@blars.org>]

Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/sparc/20050228/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso
uname -a: 
Date: 20050228
Method: How did you install?  netinst cdrom
What did you boot off?  cdrom

Machine: sparcstation 5
Processor: sun4m / turbosparc 170Mhz
Memory: 32 MB
Root Device: 1.2 GB SCSI
Root Size/partition table:
Output of lspci and lspci -n:

Type 5 keyboard / parallax (unsupported) frambuffer

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:    [E ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]

Comments/Problems:

Low memory install

base install fails, gives "Not installing on unclean target" error
after being over 50% done.

Screen 3 has:

Setting up base-config (2.53.7)

umount: /target/dev/pts: Invalid arguement
umount: /target/dev/shm: Invalid arguement
umount: /target/proc/bus/usb: No such file or directory

Reading package lists ...


Speculation:

It appears that after base-config postinstall fails, d-i tries to
rerun the step without prompting, which will always fail since the
partitons are no longer clean.



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Blars Blarson			blarson@blars.org
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