Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer 2006-0406
daily build
uname -a: Not available. Boot failed.
Date: 20060406 1800
Method: <How did you install? Network, with 3C905 card, DHCP
What did you boot off? Floppies
If network install, from where? ftp.us.debian.org Proxied? No>
Install command was:
expert hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false
Machine: HP Vectra VL
Processor: Pentium 2
Memory: 128 MB
Root Device: /dev/hda2
Root Size/partition table:
/ /dev/hda2 5 GB
/var /dev/hda6 3 GB
/usr/local /dev/hda8 1 GB
swap /dev/hda9 512 MB
/data /dev/hda10 54 GB
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
0000:00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 03)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
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:
FIRST RUN:
At reboot, the GRUB screen listed only "Other operating systems",
showing the kernel previously installed in /dev/hda1. It didn't list the
newly installed kernel.
Booted the previously installed system in /dev/hda1 (Debian Sarge,
kernel 2.6.8-686). Mounted /dev/hda2 and examined /boot on that partition.
No kernel, initrd, or System.map files present, only a grub directory. The
progress bars said it was installing the kernel, but it's not there.
During install:
Selected linux-2.6.15-1-686
Selected initramfs-tools
Selected Debian popularity contest
Selected print server, DNS server, mail server, standard system. Deselected
desktop environment.
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SECOND RUN:
Selected kernel-image-2.6-686
Selected initramfs-tools
Got: "Retrieving and installing the kernel - retrieving and installing
linux-image-2.6-686..."
Deselected Debian popularity contest, but it installed anyway
Deselected desktop environment
Deselected standard system
Didn't select any other tasks
Same result as before. Also checked /var and /tmp. Empty. Grepped the
whole partition for vmlinuz. Not there.
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