Bug#236395: installation-reports: debian-installer beta2 (daily) - xfs broken
Package: installation-reports
Severity: Grave
Tags: sarge
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Daily Build 5-Mar-2004 downloaded from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/daily/
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Method: netinst 108MB CD image
Machine: Old Compaq computer
Processor: 200 MHz Pentium or some such
Memory: 128MB
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/hda1 /boot 128MB
/dev/hda2 swp 512MB
/dev/hda5 swp 3.3GB (Balance of 4GB Disk)
Output of lspci:
Not available -- system panic's on boot
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: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Installed using DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium -- any chance these parameters
could be documented on one of the F4 or F5 help screens? I had to
search the boot email list to find the secret phrase which seems
sub-optimal.
Tried to install using XFS file systems and the install went smoothly.
When the system went to reboot, grub worked, got the kernel going but
then the kernel paniced because it does not support XFS. Not sure what
is up with that.
During the installation process came across two difficulties:
1. exim4-config (4.30-4) ran it came up with this error message:
hostname: Unknown host
2. Installing grub did not go smoothly on the first try. After 10
minutes of waiting I timed out and kill the process. Then tried again
and grub installed successfully and quickly.
I'm going to try using reiser next. Thank you.
TIA,
Bill
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