Bug#378744: package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: netinst CD
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Date: July 18 2006
Machine: custom built by myself, MSI MS-7025 / K8N Neo2 Platinum,
Nforce3 250Gb chipset
Processor: Athlon64 3200
Memory: 1GB
Partitions:
NOTE - one of the problems I have is that the partition table seems
to be corrupted!
NOTE2 - I have windows, Debian Etch AMD64, and I tried to install
Debian Etch x86. The only partition for the x86 install is
/dev/sda7.
Disk /dev/sda: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 5 40131 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 6 12163 97659135 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 12164 36481 195334335 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 12164 24141 96213253+ c W95 FAT32
(LBA)
/dev/sda6 24142 36299 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 36300 36481 1461883+ 83 Linux
sda1 - /boot for Etch AMD64
sda2 - C: for WXP SP2
sda5 - D:, FAT32 so it can be written from WXP and Linux
sda6 - / for Etch AMD64
sda7 - / for Etch x86 (this is the install I have trouble with)
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
root@0[knoppix]# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e1
(rev a1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e0
(rev a2)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e4 (rev
a1)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device
00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device
00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device
00e8 (rev a2)
0000:00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00df (rev
a2)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation:
Unknown device 00ea (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e5
(rev a2)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ee
(rev a2)
0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e2
(rev a2)
0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ed
(rev a2)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
NorthBridge
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
NorthBridge
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
NorthBridge
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
NorthBridge
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34GL
[Quadro FX 500] (rev a1)
0000:02:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394
Host Controller (rev 46)
0000:02:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:00e1 (rev a1)
0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:00e0 (rev a2)
0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:00e4 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:00e8 (rev a2)
0000:00:05.0 0680: 10de:00df (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 0401: 10de:00ea (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 0101: 10de:00e5 (rev a2)
0000:00:09.0 0101: 10de:00ee (rev a2)
0000:00:0b.0 0604: 10de:00e2 (rev a2)
0000:00:0e.0 0604: 10de:00ed (rev a2)
0000:00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
0000:00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
0000:00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
0000:00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:032b (rev a1)
0000:02:0c.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 46)
0000:02:0d.0 0200: 10ec:8169 (rev 10)
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: [E ]
Create file systems: [O ]
Mount partitions: [O ]
Install base system: [O ]
Install boot loader: [E ]
Reboot: [E ]
Comments/Problems:
I'm not certain exactly where the problem is. Here's what I did
and what happened.
what I did:
-boot etch beta 2 netinst image, hit enter at boot prompt
-manual partition
-erase existing swap partition, set type ext3, mount at /, format.
-install
-do NOT install bootloader (already have one, I'll add this
partition)
-complete remaining 1 or 2 steps
-once the computer rebooted, I hit the power button - I had other
things to do
----------------
Later
-boot computer, partition table not recognized
-use windows install disk to fix MBR, partition table still
corrupt.
The computer is set up so that when it boots, it first runs the
windows boot menu, and from there I can choose the "Linux" item to
run GRUB. I used bootpart, http://winimage.com/bootpart.htm, to
add linux to the windows boot.ini. Could this confuse the
installer?!
I'm proceding with extreme caution. The partition table is good
enough for both Windows Repair Console and for fdisk/cfdisk, yet
it's not good enough for the BIOS to boot the disk.
The only thing that should've changed with the partition table is
the type of /dev/sda7 - it went from swap to ext3. I did not
delete or resize the partition.
I'm installing a 32bit version of Debian because of a program which
does not work on 64bit machines. It requires hard real-time
(RTAI), which apparently does not work under 64-bit yet.
Mark
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