Bug#249633: installation-reports i386 netinst expert26 problem with libata install
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 110 MB i386 netinst iso from 20040517
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.6.5-1-386 #2 Fri Apr 30 20:13:30 EST 2004 i686 unknown
Date: 20040518 1630 CEST
Method: boot off cdrom with expert26, initiated install, static ip conf
Machine: Built from components, ASUS P4C800-E motherboard, has run Debian sid
for some months prior to this installation attempt
Processor: P4 3.2 GHz
Memory: 2GiB ECC
Root Device: Two disks installed, one 60GB P-ATA on /dev/hda,
and one 160GB S-ATA identified as /dev/sda when libata is functioning
Root Size/partition table:
Stuff printed in partitioning disks (after loading libata modules, see below)
IDE1 master (hda) - 61.4 GB IC35L060AVVA07-0
#1 primary 61.4 GB ext3
pri/log 645.1 kB FREE SPACE
SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 160.0 GB ATA ST3160023AS
#1 primary 39.9 GB
#2 primary 109.9 GB
#3 primary 8.0 GB
#5 logical 2.0 GB
Output of lspci: didn't complete to that stage
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: [E]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
The S-ATA disk is not detected automatically. After manually loading
the modules libata, sd_mod and ata_piix, the S-ATA disk was
detected. However, no volume information was available, although there
were three primary partitions as ext3 and one logical for swap. These
were correctly identified as to the size, but not the partition types
(file system types). I could only select existing partitions to be
included as swap-space, or used for lvm or raid.
If selecting the disk itself in the partitioning menu nothing
happened. After doing so, the same behaviour as described above
persisted.
Trying to use the ext3 partition in hda1, it was correctly identified
but I was unable to select anything useful for it, only the swap, lvm,
and raid choices were available.
I have run Debian sid on this machine for some months, using the
libata patch to some 2.4 kernels. The S-ATA disk then shows up as
/dev/sda. I used the 2.6 kernel on the d-i disk to be able to
continue using libata since I suspect that the 2.4 kernel does not
include the libata patch(?)
Attempting to install with the sarge beta4 110 MB CD failed because
the ata_piix was not available, although the libata and sd_disk
were. Therefore I obtained the 20040517 disk, the most recent when I
tried the install.
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