Bug#245159: Install Report with bug.
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso
Got Apr 20, 2004.
uname -a: Linux biotron 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Apr 20, 2004, approx 10pm.
Method: Network-install, booted off netinst cd above. Installed from
debian.uchicago.edu. No proxy.
Machine: Custom Desktop. Not at home can give more info later.
Processor: AMD k7
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: ide. /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
biotron:~# cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name rio rmerge rsect ruse wio wmerge wsect wuse
running use aveq
34 0 292970160 ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/disc 13 223 472 80 0 0 0 0 -2
16427040 10095672
34 1 292969341 ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 7 205 424 40 0 0 0 0 0 40 40
33 0 292970160 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc 5 15 40 0 0 0 0 0 -2
16427050 10095572
33 1 292969341 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 0 199148544 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc 5 15 40 10 0 0 0 0 -2
16427050 10095582
22 1 199141708 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 245117376 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc 5485 8152 108892 28960
1842 4001 47048 48350 -2 16425380 10172882
3 1 244613691 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 5476 8126 108810 28790
1842 4001 47048 48350 0 28070 77140
3 2 1 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 1 0 2 80 0 0 0 0 0 80 80
3 5 497983 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 2 0 16 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 20
biotron:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/disc: 300.0 GB, 300001443840 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36473 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks
Id System
/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 1 36473 292969341
82 Linux swap
Disk /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 300.0 GB, 300001443840 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36473 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks
Id System
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 36473 292969341
82 Linux swap
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks
Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 1 24792 199141708+
82 Linux swap
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks
Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 30453 244613691
83 Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 30454 30515 498015
f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 30454 30515 497983+
82 Linux swap
biotron:~# mount -l
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) []
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
Output of lspci:
biotron:~# lspci
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host
Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
0000:00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:08.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20376 (rev 02)
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
0000:00:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2
Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone]
(rev 24)
0000:00:0e.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20269
(rev 02)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller]
(rev 80)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller]
(rev 80)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller]
(rev 80)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [E]
Mount partitions: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Hello,
After having a failing boot drive on my storage box, I reinstalled
Sarge from scratch using the net-inst CD on a fresh drive. The box had two
lvm volumes with some PEs for one of them on the failing disk, and the
rest on other disks that I left in system during the install. In the
installer I tried to only have it partition the new /dev/hda, and thought I was
successful. However, once I got it up and running and tried to get the second,
still intact, lvm volume working, I discovered that the partition type on all
the other drives had changed to Linux swap!
Here's a snippet of an fdisk -l on one of my partitions now:
Device Boot Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 1 24792
199141708+ 82 Linux swap
Here is what it looked like before the reinstall:
Device Boot Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 1 24792
199141708+ 8e Linux LVM
Interestingly, pvdisplay seems to somehow be able to see that there is lvm
information on the drive:
biotron:~# pvdisplay /dev/hdc1
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1
VG Name group_B
PV Size 189.92 GB [398283417 secs] / NOT usable 32.19 MB
[LVM: 151 KB]
PV# 1
PV Status NOT available
Allocatable yes (but full)
Cur LV 1
PE Size (KByte) 32768
Total PE 6076
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 6076
PV UUID 6he4J4-lpim-BHJG-334y-41DJ-Jz1n-lfMGA1
However, none of the lvm *scan utilities will find it, including vgscan.
I'm assuming this is because of the partition type.
It certainly wasn't obvious in the installer that it was going to change all
the partition types on the other disks in the box. If I'd had any inkling
that that was going to happen, I would have pulled the plug. Unfortunately,
unless I can figure out how to fix this, I've lost a lot of very important
data (five years of pictures, my wife's creative writing, etc..). I've also
posted this to the debian-users group to hopefully get some help.
If it was truly the debian installer that caused this, it seems like a pretty
bad bug to me.
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