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Bug#472487: marked as done (installationreport: low memory install lenny beta1: Problems)

Your message dated Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:47:02 +0000
with message-id <E1JhNuI-0001ys-P4@ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#472487: fixed in hw-detect 1.60
has caused the Debian Bug report #472487,
regarding installationreport: low memory install lenny beta1: Problems
to be marked as done.

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Package: installation-reports

Boot method: <netinst cd lenny beta1>
Image version: 
<http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_beta1/i386/
iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso> 

Date: <24.03.2008 12:00>

Machine: <Laptop Toshiba Satellite 320 CDS>
Processor: Pentium1 233 MHz
Memory: 32 MB
Partitions: 	1,4GB	Ext2	/
		95MB	swap
		2,5GB	Ext2 	/home

Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:  < >

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [ ] Has none
Configure network:      [O]
Detect CD:              [E]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Clock/timezone setup:   [O]
User/password setup:    [O]
Install tasks:          [O]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Overall install:        [O] Read further!

Comments/Problems:


1. when trying to start graphical installer on a low memory system,
fallback to text-based installer does not work, system hangs for
ever.

2. cdrom drive (and harddisk) were not detected in step "detecting
cd-rom drive". There were no ide related modules loaded
automatically in this step, only usb-storage was loaded. When I
loaded ide_generic by hand on the second console, it worked, cdrom
drive and hard disk were detected. 
In the past (etch) there were many modules loaded in this step...
Now only the one (usb-storage).

3. when it comes to partitioning the disk, I thought I could try the
guided partitioner. So I went back to "Load installer components
from CD", chose "partman-auto", again to partitioning disk, chose
"guided partitioning" -> use whole disk -> separate home-partition.
partman then presented me a partition table with two ext3 partitions
and one swap! Creating ext3 partitions on a low memory system
is not recommended, so automatic partitioner should not choose
ext3 as default in low memory installs.

4. the rest of the installation worked.

5. booting the new system didn't work:
	ALERT! /dev/hda1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

   cat /proc/modules shows:
	floppy
	ohci_hcd
	usbcore
	thermal
	processor
	fan

So IMHO there are the ide modules missing in the initrd, too.





 
Kind regards
Holger

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Source: hw-detect
Source-Version: 1.60

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
hw-detect, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

archdetect_1.60_amd64.udeb
  to pool/main/h/hw-detect/archdetect_1.60_amd64.udeb
disk-detect_1.60_all.udeb
  to pool/main/h/hw-detect/disk-detect_1.60_all.udeb
ethdetect_1.60_all.udeb
  to pool/main/h/hw-detect/ethdetect_1.60_all.udeb
hw-detect_1.60.dsc
  to pool/main/h/hw-detect/hw-detect_1.60.dsc
hw-detect_1.60.tar.gz
  to pool/main/h/hw-detect/hw-detect_1.60.tar.gz
hw-detect_1.60_amd64.udeb
  to pool/main/h/hw-detect/hw-detect_1.60_amd64.udeb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 472487@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> (supplier of updated hw-detect package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:31:39 +0200
Source: hw-detect
Binary: hw-detect ethdetect disk-detect archdetect
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 1.60
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org>
Description: 
 archdetect - Hardware architecture detector (udeb)
 disk-detect - Detect disk drives (udeb)
 ethdetect  - Detect network hardware and load kernel drivers for it (udeb)
 hw-detect  - Detect hardware and load kernel drivers for it (udeb)
Closes: 440439 472487
Changes: 
 hw-detect (1.60) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Guido Guenther ]
   * Add optional multipath detection to disk-detect.sh (triggered by
     disk-detect/multipath/enable). Closes: #440439.
 .
   [ Frans Pop ]
   * Some older systems have a disk controller that is not listed by lspci,
     but that is supported by ide-generic. Load ide-generic if an ISA bus is
     detected and, if new block devices become available, register the module
     for inclusion in the initrd. Closes: #472487.
   * hw-detect: simplify is_available() function.
 .
   [ Updated translations ]
   * Basque (eu.po) by Piarres Beobide
   * Finnish (fi.po) by Esko Arajärvi
   * Panjabi (pa.po) by Amanpreet Singh Alam
Files: 
 f636a37aa63875e291bed63a6b97b81c 914 debian-installer standard hw-detect_1.60.dsc
 3bbf5ca8672db1d55cb40660b91faca4 144101 debian-installer standard hw-detect_1.60.tar.gz
 418820aabacb7078521c17eb16d416ee 25484 debian-installer optional ethdetect_1.60_all.udeb
 06347aba71f148c0ff5eb8af975ca18e 19386 debian-installer optional disk-detect_1.60_all.udeb
 7945613930b9cb7cbed1c2649ea1e925 71246 debian-installer standard hw-detect_1.60_amd64.udeb
 cf4ca47c030e5c7a220dfbc6d5ee8a56 2264 debian-installer standard archdetect_1.60_amd64.udeb
Package-Type: udeb

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