Bug#230933: marked as done (installation-reports: 2004-02-02 IBM thinkpad X30 net install lilo failed)
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Subject: installation-reports: 2004-02-02 IBM thinkpad X30 net install lilo failed
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Version: N/A; reported 2004-02-03
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Debian-installer-version: <2004-02-02 netinstall.iso and businescard.iso>
uname -a: kernel version 2.4.22
Date: 2004-02-03
Method: <How did you install? What did you boot off? If network
install, from where? Proxied?>
Tried cd install from usb, booted, but failed to load modules
Thereafter network install using options
net debian-installer/framebuffer=false DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium
Machine: IBM Thinkpad X30, no cdrom, no dvdrom, only usb boot from external usb
cdrom
Processor: Pentium mobile III
Memory: 256
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table:
part1 ext3 46 MB /boot
part5 swap 503 MB
part6 ext3 5.1 GB /
part7 ext3 5.1 GB /home
part8 ext3 5.1 GB /var
part3 ext3 10.1 GB unmounted
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [OK]
Configure network HW: [OK]
Config network: [OK]
Detect CD: [NO, since external usb cdrom]
Load installer modules: [OK]
Detect hard drives: [OK]
Partition hard drives: [OK]
Create file systems: [OK]
Mount partitions: [OK]
Install base system: [OK]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Major glitch: neither grub nor lilo installed MBR OK. Trying a manual lilo like the following
chroot /targets/
lilo
showed a problem, there was not found any /vmlinuz kernel in /target/vmlinuz (file simply not existant!), neither any linux kernels installed in /targets/boot
Minor glitch:
1) It is VERY irritating to type the framebuffer=false boot option 15 times on a danish keyboard. I think this option should be default!
2) making a net-install the second - or third - time, one HAS to re-format all the nicely made ext3 filesystems under "Create Filesystems", which is very irritating also 13 times.. this is probably to a bug in the installer script, which complains about not beeing able to manke a link to /targets/bin/awk and allthe others, if they exist in beforehand. There should be a suitable test to avoid this glitch
All in all, the installation was not possible at all on the thinkpad without a cd drive. Too bad, since everything worked except the boot loader installation.
Marc Cromme marc-at-indexdata-dot-dk
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