Bug#248047: Cobalt install
On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 06:48:25PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> Ah, thanks for testing. I'll try to get the ext2 revision 0 program
> pushed into testing before Sunday, so if you could do an installation
> of "testing" on Sunday this would be appreciated. This should work
> 100% without any problems, and if there are any, we have to fix them
> for rc1.
Technically, it's already monday :-) -- OK, installing, with
everything freshly downloaded from
http://people.debian.org/~tbm/d-i/images/mipsel/daily/cobalt/netboot/
right now.
The installer starts, but when the "configuring network via DHCP" part
comes along, it fails, although (trumm is the DHCP server, remailer
the installing machine):
00:51:44.084701 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: xid:0xdcfa9144 secs:7 [|bootp] [tos 0x10]
00:51:44.085960 trumm.tahina.priv.at.bootps > remailer.tahina.priv.at.bootpc: xid:0xdcfa9144 secs:7 Y:remailer.tahina.priv.at S:bauer.tahina.priv.at [|bootp] [tos 0x10]
00:51:46.991307 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: xid:0xdcfa9144 secs:7 [|bootp] [tos 0x10]
00:51:46.992601 trumm.tahina.priv.at.bootps > remailer.tahina.priv.at.bootpc: xid:0xdcfa9144 secs:7 Y:remailer.tahina.priv.at S:bauer.tahina.priv.at [|bootp] [tos 0x10]
I select "try again", it sends no more DHCP packets, asks me for a
hostname, and continues. The system is alive on the net, I can ping
it.
I toggle the power, and try again. Now it works.
It asks for a hostname, although it has gotten one via DHCP.
All the predefined partitioning schemes are missing the cobalt boot
partition:
"Multi-user system":
| IDE1 master - 20.4 GB ST320423A # |
| > #1 primary 148.0 MB B f ext3 / # |
| > #5 logical 5.0 GB f ext3 /usr # |
| > #6 logical 3.0 GB f ext3 /var # |
| > #7 logical 16.4 MB f ext3 /tmp # |
| > #8 logical 11.7 GB f ext3 /home # |
| > #9 logical 518.1 MB F swap swap # |
"All files in one partition":
| IDE1 master - 20.4 GB ST320423A |
| > #1 primary 19.9 GB B f ext3 / |
| > #5 logical 509.9 MB f swap swap |
"Separate partition for home directories":
| IDE1 master - 20.4 GB ST320423A # |
| > #1 primary 5.6 GB B f ext3 / # |
| > #5 logical 14.3 GB f ext3 /home # |
| > #6 logical 509.9 MB f swap swap # |
So I keep the layout that's already on disk from the last installer run:
| IDE1 master - 20.4 GB ST320423A # |
| > #1 primary 98.6 MB B F ext2r0 /boot # |
| > #2 primary 19.8 GB F ext3 / # |
| > #5 logical 518.1 MB F swap swap # |
The rest of the installation was OK; network configuration happens
automatically (from the DHCP data), /etc/network/interfaces is
generated, machine boots, fine.
HTH,
cm.
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