Bug#253852: Installation-report: Test Candidate 1 (partition problems)
Package: installation-reports
Version: unavailable; reported 2004-06-11
Severity: normal
Debian-installer-version: Test Candidate 1 110 MB CD image [9 June 2004]
(http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/tc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso)
uname -a: Linux john 2.4.26-1-k7 #1 Sat May 1 21:40:09 EST 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: Wed Jun 9 11:40:09 UCT 2004
Method: Booted from 110 MB CD, packages from ftp.uk.debian.org via HTTP
(FTP not working)
Machine: Evesham Micro Aixa 1000 (UK)
Processor: AMD (Thunderbird) Athlon 1.0 GHz
Memory: 512MB PC133
Root Device: IDE Maxtor (DiamondMax)? 30Gb
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 30.7 GB, 30735581184 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3736 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
[Mount Point]
/dev/hda1 * 1 19 152586 83 Linux
/boot (ext3)
/dev/hda2 20 274 2048287+ 83 Linux
/mnt/old-data (ext3)
/dev/hda3 275 414 1124550 82 Linux swap
(Swap)
/dev/hda4 415 3736 26683965 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
-
/dev/hda5 415 3736 26683933+ 83 Linux
/ (ext3)
Output of lspci:
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365
[KT133/KM133] (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133
AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super
South] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 16)
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 16)
0000:00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
(rev 40)
0000:00:07.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Intel 537
[AC97 Modem] (rev 30)
0000:00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation EN-1216
Ethernet Adapter (rev 11)
0000:00:11.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1
(rev 07)
0000:00:11.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game
Port (rev 07)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11
[GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev a1)
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: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
I tried to resize the /dev/hda5 (ext3) partition I was prompted to save
the partition table and said yes,
then I endered a lower size and after a sound from the hard disk I was
taken back to the edit partion table dialog.
I retried this with different sizes from 10Gb to 20Gb.
Then after deciding to format /dev/hda5 and mount it as root I was
warned that my partition table had errors and this I should
return to fix them, I returned but was unable to fix the error (as I was
unsure what it was) and continued on with the intall
against the advice of the error messages. The install seems to work.
There was also a problem later after the reboot, as packages from
ftp.uk.debian.org via FTP were not working so I got them via HTTP.
I chose aptitiude as the package manager and then chaged my mind,
when I exited (by pressing q) the packages I had selected were installed
and setup I was then droped to a prompt,
I had expected no packages to be installed and to be presented with the
dialog showing the package manager choices again.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB
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