Bug#253575: Default partitioning doesn't create a space for ELILO
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 2004/06/10 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/ia64/tc1/sarge-ia64-businesscard.iso
uname -a: Linux berry 2.4.25-itanium-smp #1 SMP Thu Mar 18 18:55:54 MST 2004 ia64 unknown
Date: 2004/06/10 14:45
Method: Network installation via local apt-proxy, of debian unstable.
Guided Partitioning, separate /home
Machine: Uniprocessor HP ZX2000 IA64
Processor: McKinley
Memory: 1G
Root Device: ide CDROM
Root Size/partition table: Irrelevant
Output of lspci: Irrelevant
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]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Three problems:
1. Many of the IA64 Debian mirrors are incomplete, so I have to
use more than one (in this case by using apt-proxy). There's no
indication that one is allowed to specify a port when specifying a mirror.
I used lemon.gelato.unsw.edu.au:9999 which is an apt-proxy
installation mirroring from mirror.aarnet.edu.au then
ftp.au.debian.org
2. If you select a 2.6 kernel you need to have module-init-tools
installed, which doesn;t happen by default. Otherwise the
installation of the kernel fails when depmod is run.
3. (The biggy). The default partitioning doesn't leave a FAT16
partition at the start of the disc for elilo to install a boot image
on.
--
Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc@gelato.unsw.edu.au
You are lost in a maze of BitKeeper repositories, all slightly different.
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