Package: discover1-data
Debian-installer-version: 9.June.2004
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/tc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: not possible due to bug
Date: 9.June.2004 16:00
Method: tried to boot the new tc1 installer cd ... worked fine until i
got to partitioner ..
former installer of stable had a /dev/ataraid (which i use on this
machine) the ataraid is prepared from BIOS (RAID bus controller: Promise
Technology, Inc. 20268R) i could only choose to partition /dev/hde and
/dev/hdg.. so i choose the "stable" version to install and dist-upgrade
Machine: SIEMENS PRIMERGY RX100
Processor:Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Memory: 1GB
Root Device: IDE on Promise Fasttrack /dev/ataraid/ on / type ext3
Root Size/partition table:
Output of lspci:
heze:~# lspci
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge (rev 32)
0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge
0000:00:04.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL
(rev 27)
0000:00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:0a.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20268R (rev
02)
0000:00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 0d)
0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks CSB6 South Bridge (rev a0)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB6 RAID/IDE Controller (rev
a0)
0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks CSB6 OHCI USB Controller (rev
05)
0000:00:0f.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCLE-2 Host Bridge
lspci -n
00:00.0 Class 0600: 1166:0017 (rev 32)
00:00.1 Class 0600: 1166:0017
00:04.0 Class 0300: 1002:4752 (rev 27)
00:08.0 Class 0200: 8086:100e (rev 02)
00:0a.0 Class 0104: 105a:6268 (rev 02)
00:0c.0 Class 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 0d)
00:0f.0 Class 0601: 1166:0203 (rev a0)
00:0f.1 Class 0101: 1166:0213 (rev a0)
00:0f.2 Class 0c03: 1166:0221 (rev 05)
00:0f.3 Class 0600: 1166:0227
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: [o]
Partition hard drives: [e] 1)
Create file systems: [o]
Mount partitions: [o]
Install base system: [e]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
as mentioned above there should be a device /dev/ataraid to partition as
the 2 IDE Drives are mirrored by the inbuild promise fasttrack ide-raid
controller. former debian woody installer gives /dev/ataraid first and
then /dev/hde and /dev/hdg to be partitioned. TC1 has only /dev/hde and
/dev/hdg to chooseso it's impossible to setup debian on the mirrored
raid with the new installer.
1) it is possible to load ataraid and pdcraid manually but installation
stops at
/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: device /dev/ataraid/c0d0p1 is not a block device
Failed to create initrd image.
but i think that should be another bug-report
don't know if it's easy to fix but for me it seems like either there is
a driver "misconfiguration" or
there is just an option loose in the debian installer.
good luck in fixing these ... as the Primergy and Promise are widespread
i think this is a critical bug
for server installation in companys like here (University)
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