Bug#215324: marked as done (installer guesses grub root wrong, base system boot fails)
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Package: installation-reports=20
INSTALL REPORT=20
Debian-installer-version : 1.10, Oct 8 2003
uname -a:=20
Linux flit 2.4.22-1-386 #1 Fri Sep 5 20:56:48 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux=20
Date installed: Oct 9 2003=20
Method: used
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/sarge-i386-netinst.iso=
. Booted from CD=20
Machine: IBM Thinkpad X22=20
Processor:Pentium III=20
Memory:384MB=20
Root Device: IDE, hda=20
Root Size/partition table:=20
[see attachment]=20
Output of lspci:=20
Base System Installation Checklist:=20
Initial boot worked: [O]=20
Configure network HW: [E]=20
Config network: [E]=20
Detect CD: [O]=20
Load installer modules: [O]=20
Detect hard drives: [O]=20
Partition hard drives: [O]=20
Create file systems: [O]=20
Mount partitions: [E]=20
Install base system: [O]=20
Install boot loader: [E]=20
Reboot: [O]=20
[O] =3D OK, [E] =3D Error (please elaborate below), [ ] =3D didn't try it=20
Comments/Problems:=20
Configure network HW, config network - =20
Installation system seems not to have either the eepro100 or the e100
module for the Intel PRO/100 fast ethernet card. Both these modules are
in the base system. However, unlike woody bf2.4, it was not obvious how
one can extract the drivers to a floppy for pre-loading. But since the
base system is all on the CD, network configuration is not really
needed. This won't be true for the business card version (which I did
not try). Maybe an opportunity should be given in the base-config to
configure networking if it hasn't yet been. I know base-config is not
part of the installer, but maybe network config is not regarded as part
of base-config. Another way is to instruct on how to extract the drivers
from the packages in the iso.=20
Mount Partitions - the mounting of the hard disk was fine, but the
installer-generated fstab does not take into account that the CD device
is accessed with the ide-scsi driver. The CD device must be manually
remounted to allow further installation from CD.=20
Install Grub - maybe this should be filed against the Grub installer. I
think I saw this mentioned somewhere on the mailing lists, although not
in any of the bug reports. The installer guesses the grub root wrong. So
even though the grub boot loader, the kernel and initrd are all properly
installed, the base system could not be booted. I was lucky to have a
previously installed kernel with the proper grub root specification.=20
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Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2584 cylinders
Units =3D cylinders of 15120 * 512 =3D 7741440 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 557 4210888+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 2422 2583 1224720 1c Hidden W95 FAT32 (L=
BA)
/dev/hda3 558 566 68040 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 567 2421 14023800 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 567 1341 5858968+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1342 1443 771088+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 1444 2421 7393648+ 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
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From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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I have done several installs with /boot and grub. It works now.
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