Bug#245295: installer beta 3 bug - could not mount partition
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Downloaded an hour ago, beta 3
uname -a: Actual running system is Linux sherlock 2.6.5 #2 Sat Apr 17 10:17:05
CEST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Date: 20040422 14:20 CET
Method: from hard disk, only one swap and a root partition, reiserfs.
Machine: Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200
Processor:P-III
Memory: 128 MB
Root Device: IDE, second partition on the only IDE drive
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 6007 MB, 6007357440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 730 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 32 257008+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 * 33 730 5606685 83 Linux
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev
03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev
03)
00:05.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:05.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:05.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:05.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:07.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics 56k WinModem (rev
01)
00:09.0 IRDA controller: Toshiba America Info Systems FIR Port Type-DO
00:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 PCI to Cardbus
Bridge with ZV Support (rev 20)
00:0b.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 PCI to Cardbus
Bridge with ZV Support (rev 20)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Yamaha Corporation YMF-744B [DS-1S Audio
Controller] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 11)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 (rev 03)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [E]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Partitioning: A little bit buggy in the user interface, going to and fro
within the partitioner loses information such as the mount point, etc, and
you have to re-enter it. I tried to re-use a partition without changes. It
also took me a bit to figure out how things worked; maybe it should be a
little bit more verbose with the use of the options.
Mount: I was trying to use an existing reiserfs partition to install (both
FROM that partition, with the kernel and initrd images plus
sarge-i386-businesscard.iso, and TO that partition). Installer complained
that it could not mount the partition (saying the correct type and location).
The module for reiserfs was loaded and, in fact, the disk was already mounted
as the source.
It looks like the problem is that installer should not try to mount a hard
disk that it is already mounted; instead, it should maybe symlink (or be
configured so that the same partition can actually be mounted from two
places). I tried to symlink /target from the console, but partitioner still
wanted it mounted.
Hope this helps!
--
Alfredo Sola
ASP5-RIPE
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