Bug#236745: Debian-installer
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 07:00:56PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Jack Carroll <dischord@myrealbox.com> [2004-02-29 18:37]:
> > 1. The fatal error occurred at the "Configure and mount" screen. Only the
> > partitions on /dev/sda were displayed and offered for assignment of mount
> > points. I was trying to install on /dev/sdb. No further progress was
> > possible.
>
> Can you try new images from
> http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/ and see if this has
> been fixed (I think so). I'm off-line and cannot check the location,
> but new floppy images should be at
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/debian-installer
I'm just getting back to trying to update the target machine, so
this comes at a good time. I downloaded the beta images about a week ago
from the link on www.debian.org/devel-debian-installer and wrote them to
floppies, but haven't spent much time on testing yet. Should I test those,
or grab a new set from the URL you stated, or download a daily build?
> > 2. There were difficulties in loading the correct kernel module for the
> > AHA1542 SCSI host adapter. None of the screens offering modules to be
> > loaded ever mentioned specific SCSI board drivers at all. (Mostly, they
>
> Can you check if the module for this card is still not being loaded?
It wasn't automatically loaded on the test run last weekend. I had
to issue a modprobe command to load it. There was no list of available
modules, either, so I just had to know the name of the module I needed.
> > 4. The Install HOWTO doesn't specify the exact syntax for the dd command to
> > write the boot, root, and driver floppies. I guessed, based on the old
> > install manual. I seem to have gotten away with it. But it would be better
> > to explain what block size and count to use, whether to use the conv=sync
> > parameter, and _why_.
>
> Maybe you could write something up for out installation manual?
Well, I'm no authority on how this works. But the latest http
manual on the d-i site does give instructions now.
> > 6. The "Configure and lay out" screen only offered to create ext2 file
> > systems, not ext3 or Reiser. Supposedly this was fixed, but I didn't see
> > that.
>
> This should definitely be there now.
I think it was. I'll give you a better report after I do some
systematic testing and take notes.
> > 7. In my opinion, attempting to partition and lay out target drives before
> > establishing access to the installation media (CDs, Debian mirror, or local
> > hard disk, etc.) isn't the ideal sequence of steps. I realize it's late in
> > the project to bring this up, but I think some problems could be avoided by
> > re-examining the order things are done in.
>
> Hmm, I'm not sure how it works on a floppy install, but on a net
> install it definitely loads the modules from the net before doing the
> partitioning.
It didn't earlier. (The Libranet floppy installer has the same
problem.) It might be changed now. I'll test carefully and take some
notes.
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