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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 20040705 netinst, from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.24-sparc32 #1 Fri Jan 30 16:04:55 EST 2004
sparc unknown
Date: 2004/5/8 11.30
Method: booted on netinst CD, installed base from CD and rest from my
local apt-proxy.
Machine: SparcClassic + external CD-ROM + external 2GB HD
Processor: ?
Memory: 32 + 8 + 8
Root Device: /dev/sdb, SCSI id 0,4,0
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 9 heads, 36 sectors, 1254 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 324 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0 1000 162000 1 Boot
/dev/sda2 1000 1254 41148 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 0 1254 203148 5 Whole disk
Disk /dev/sdb (Sun disk label): 67 heads, 62 sectors, 1009 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4154 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 0 1009 2095693 83 Linux native
/dev/sdb3 0 1009 2095693 5 Whole disk
Output of lspci:
pita:/home/master# lspci
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci
lspci: Cannot find any working access method.
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: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
beta4 wouldn't boot: Just after the "freeing n kb of unused kernel
memory" message (I think that's the moment the kernel execs init), it
loops on an "attempt to read beyond end of device" message.
Back to 20040407 snapshot:
When I select "Install base system", it displays "Installing the
debian base system" and the progress bar, but the latter stays at zero
and it returns to the main menu after a second or two. "Check CD-ROM
integrity" says the CD is not a Debian CD, on console 4, anna says
"bad d-i packages file" and ": not such file" (seems like it is
complaining there is no file with an empty name). Eject CD, put it
back, retry. Nope. I go to console 2, mount shows that
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is mounted on /cdrom. "ls /cdrom" shows empty
directory. "umount /cdrom" and "mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom", then
"ls /cdrom" shows something sensible. Go back to console 1. "Install
base system". Works.
The filesystems were not cleanly unmounted after install: fsck run at
first boot from HD, fails critically with I/O error. remount root ro,
fsck on both disks finds no error, continue boot.
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Lionel
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful
The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet.
In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.
You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.
If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
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