Bug#225307: d-i: Invalid Release file, no entry for .../Packages
Package: installation-reports
Version: unknown; see below
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 2003-12-27,
http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/dvd/jigdo-area/i386/sarge-i386-1.jigdo
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 unknown
Date: 2003-12-28, 10:50 a.m. EST
Method: booted from DVD 1
Machine: HP Omnibook 6100
Processor: Pentium III
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Root Device: IDE: 7.5 GB partition of 60 GB drive
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7752 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 145 1096168+ a0 IBM Thinkpad hibernation
/dev/hda2 * 146 159 105840 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 160 1108 7174440 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda4 1109 7752 50228640 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1109 1871 5768248+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1872 2912 7869928+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 2913 5246 17645008+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 5247 7580 17645008+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda9 7581 7752 1300288+ 82 Linux swap
Configured d-i to leave /dev/hda2 intact and mount on /boot, create
an ext3 file system on /dev/hda6 and mount on /, and to create swap
on /dev/hda9. All other partitions were left intact and not
mounted. (Of course, these were the /dev/ide0/... names...)
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 41)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY
02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)
02:04.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem (rev 02)
02:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:05.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VM (KM) Ethernet Controller (rev 41)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
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: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Note: uname -a run from shell in debian-installer; lspci and fdisk -l
run from Fedora Core 1 currently installed on the laptop.
After creating file systems, the main screen gave the error (retyped
from screen, hopefully without typos):
[!!] Install the base system
Debootstrap Error
Invalid Release file, no entry for main/binary-i386/Packages.
<Continue>
After continuing:
[!!] Install the base system
Failed to install the base system
The base system installation into /target/ failed.
Please check /target/var/log/debootstrap.log and
/target/var/log/debootstrap.err.log for details.
<Continue>
Hit Alt-F2, ENTER to get shell
Both above mentioned files exist and are zero length. I had no
problems manually creating files in that directory; there is plenty of
disk space as the mounts and file system creation succeeded.
This is my first attempt at installing Debian for over three years, so
I don't know what to expect, but I do realize that I'm grabbing a test
image with Debian Installer hopefully days before beta 2 is released,
and that the images I've grabbed are not known to be good.
/cdrom/dists/sarge/Release contains an entry for
main/binary-i386/Packages whose size and checksum match the actual
main/binary-i386/Packages file on the DVD. main/binary-i386/Release
contains the following contents:
Archive: testing
Component: main
Origin: Debian
Label: Debian
Architecture: i386
Hit Alt-F3; last line shows successful mounting of /boot
Hit Alt-F4; last line shows starting console on /dev/vc/2, line before
that is WARNING **: Unable to set title for debootstrap-udeb. Before
that are several DEBUG lines. Most indicate menu item selected or
configuring something with status 0. Exceptions:
DEBUG: configure base-installer, status: 2
DEBUG: configure-debootstrap-udeb, status: 2
I hope I've provided all required information. I'll try again after
Beta 2 of debian-installer is released, or I'll install woody and
upgrade.
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