Bug#220877: installation report: tricky grub install
Subject: installation-reports: Tricky grub install
Package: installation-reports
Severity: wishlist
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta-1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux localhost 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Sat Nov 14 17:35:49 MSK 2003 (UTC + 3 hours)
Method: Downloaded image, burned it to CD-RW, rebooted, choosed to install to
prepared partition (I am always have small (6G) unused partition), choosed
"sarge", forced LILO to fail it's install, choosed "grub", rebooted,
finished base configuration, pointed apt to local woody mirror, installed
telnetd, pointed apt to "ftp.de.debian.org/debian sarge main" (w/o proxy),
rebooted to old system (some tricking with grub...), runned new sarge into
vmware window, continued apt-getting...
Machine: ASUS P2B/P4 1.7/256Mb,/80G SG/18" LCD NEC/3com net
Processor: P4 1.7
Memory: 256MB
Root Device: /dev/hda3
Root Size/partition table: Root 6Gb
/dev/hda1 * 1 1020 8193118+ b W95 FAT32 (W98 for games)
/dev/hda2 1021 8900 63296100 83 Linux (My old system)
/dev/hda3 8901 9700 6426000 83 Linux (Newly installed sarge)
/dev/hda4 9701 9729 232942+ 82 Linux swap (Swap for old system)
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 11)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB2 (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB LPC Interface Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)
02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 74)
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: [ ]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
The only problem that I prefer grub over lilo but it was tricky to make
lilo stop from installing. Pointing it to /dev/null doesn't help but
pointing to wrong (absent) partition helped. Overall the install process was
very nice though it is suspictious to have such smart installer. The old
"boot floppies" way was more solid but with d-i I feared that it will erase all
my data and I'll can't help it.
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