Bug#258889: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/20040711/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux sputnik 2.4.26-1-386 #2 Sat May 1 16:31:24 EST 2004 i686
unknown
Date: mon 12 July, 0.55 a.m
Method: I downloaded the netinst cd image, burnt a cd-rom and booted off
the CD-rom. I was planning to complete
installation from the net but never got so far.
Machine: Laptop, ASUS L8400, , , 20 GB
Processor: Intel P3/600
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE, 20 GB, /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2584 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 407 3076888+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 408 1102 5254200 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 1103 2565 11060280 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda4 2566 2584 143640 a0 IBM Thinkpad hibernation
/dev/hda5 1103 2547 10924168+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda6 2548 2565 136048+ 82 Linux swap
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988
Allegro-1 (rev 12)
0000:00:06.1 Communication controller: ESS Technology ESS Modem (rev 12)
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
0000:00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
0000:00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/MX-MV
(rev 11)
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: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
I got stuck at the partitioning. This laptop has an old redhat system
running on it, and the
somewhat small 20 GB harddisk was previously partitioned in a complex
partitioning scheme, including four primary partitions:
* a NTFS/win2k partition
* an ext2 partition
* an extended partition
* a "thinkpad hibernation" partition
The extended partition contains:
* a large FAT partition for data common to win2k and linux
* a swap partition
Now, I wanted to format the ext2 partition and install debian onto it. I
couldn't get so far, though. This is what I got:
1) A dialog entitled "[!!] Partition disk" appears, asking me to config
RAID, LVM, do a "guided partitioning" or get help
on partitioning. I select "guided partitioning". I get a new dialog,
giving me two choices: "Erase entire disk" or "Manually edit partition
table".
I select "Manually edit". Now, suddenly, I am thrown back at the
original "Partition disk" dialog with the RAID and LVM stuff.
This is highly confusing. Especially in a critical part of the
installation as partitioning, the one and only part of the
installation where you can do MAJOR harm to existing data if you do any
mistakes. (Most other installation mistakes can be
corrected by reinstalling, but not accidential overwriting of
partitions). I think there are some usability issues with
this dialog.
Anyhow, after a while I figure out that the choices doesn't end on "Help
on partitioning", but that I can continue down and
select what I thought was an informational message, that says:
IDE1 master (hda) - 20.0 GB TOSHIBA MK2016GAP
#1 20.0 GB fat16
By selecting the last, I get to a dialog saying I'm editing partition
#1, that is a 20GB partition formatted using FAT16.
Now, at last, I realize what the text on the original partition dialog
means -- the installer believes my hard disk
has only one 20 GB fat 16 partition, and presents it for me to select it
for installation.
However, THIS IS WILDLY INCORRECT!
I press Alt-F2 and gets myself a prompt, starting up fdisk. After
figuring out the disk isn't called /dev/hda (in spite of
the message in the dialog) but /dev/discs/disc0/disc, I check the
partition table. It sure looks all right, all my
partitions in place.
So, there is some serious issue with the debian installer partitioner. A
clueless user could easily have ruined
his/her system by believing the installer.
I'll try to get a dump of the partition table and send to you, as soon
as I get a running system on the computer.
For reference, I found an old CD-ROM marked "debian sarge 2003-10-05"
with an older version of the new installer.
I tried it out, and it started cfdisk, which could figure out the
correct partitions. So, this is in a way a regression.
If you need to know anything more about the system, just let me know and
I'll be glad to help.
Sorry for coming with this kind of stuff so late in the testing process.
:-) You guys are going an awesome job.
Here is the binary dump of my partition table from fdisk:
0x000: FA EB 5C 53 42 4D 33 2E 37 2E 31 00 02 01 01 00
0x010: 02 E0 00 40 0B F0 09 00 12 00 02 00 00 00 00 00
0x020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 29 00 00 00 00 53 4D 41 52 54
0x030: 20 42 54 4D 47 52 46 41 54 31 32 20 20 20 EB 1F
0x040: 53 42 4D 4C 01 03 2C 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 31
0x060: C0 8E D0 BC 00 7C 89 E6 50 07 50 1F FB FC BF 00
0x070: 06 B9 00 01 F3 A5 EA 7B 00 60 00 0E 1F 68 00 10
0x080: 07 8D 36 46 00 B9 05 00 31 FF 51 AC 88 C1 66 AD
0x090: 66 89 C3 B8 01 02 09 C9 74 12 E8 57 00 72 3A 81
0x0A0: C7 00 02 66 43 E2 F3 59 E2 E0 EB 01 59 31 FF 26
0x0B0: 66 81 7D 04 53 42 4D 4B 75 20 26 81 7D 08 07 03
0x0C0: 75 18 26 8B 4D 0A 30 DB 26 8A 05 00 C3 47 E2 F8
0x0D0: 08 DB 75 06 EA 00 00 00 10 59 8D 36 AD 01 AC 08
0x0E0: C0 74 09 BB 07 00 B4 0E CD 10 EB F2 30 E4 CD 16
0x0F0: CD 18 EB FE 60 50 53 BB AA 55 B4 41 CD 13 72 45
0x100: 81 FB 55 AA 75 3F F6 C1 01 74 3A 5B 58 80 C4 40
0x110: 8D 36 02 02 66 31 C9 C6 04 10 66 89 4C 0C 88 4C
0x120: 01 88 4C 03 88 44 02 89 7C 04 8C 44 06 66 89 5C
0x130: 08 50 52 CD 13 5A 58 73 6B E8 6A 00 FE C6 80 FE
0x140: 03 72 E1 EB 5E 52 06 57 B4 08 CD 13 88 0E 00 02
0x150: 88 36 01 02 5F 07 5A 5B 58 72 48 50 52 66 89 D8
0x160: 66 0F B7 0E 00 02 81 E1 3F 00 66 31 D2 66 F7 F1
0x170: 42 89 D1 66 31 DB 8A 1E 01 02 FE C3 66 31 D2 66
0x180: F7 F3 88 D3 86 C4 C0 E0 06 09 C1 5A 58 88 DE 89
0x190: FB 31 FF 50 CD 13 58 73 0B E8 0A 00 47 81 FF 03
0x1A0: 00 72 F0 F9 61 C3 60 31 C0 CD 13 61 C3 07 53 42
0x1B0: 4D 4B 20 42 61 64 21 0D 0A 00 00 00 00 00 80 01
0x1C0: 01 00 07 EF 7F 96 3F 00 00 00 31 E6 5D 00 00 00
0x1D0: 41 97 83 EF FF FF 70 E6 5D 00 70 58 A0 00 00 EF
0x1E0: FF FF 0F EF FF FF E0 3E FE 00 70 88 51 01 00 EF
0x1F0: FF FF A0 EF FF FF 50 C7 4F 02 30 62 04 00 55 AA
0x000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 EF
0x1C0: FF FF 0C EF FF FF 3F 00 00 00 11 61 4D 01 00 EF
0x1D0: FF FF 05 EF FF FF 50 61 4D 01 20 27 04 00 00 00
0x1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA
0x000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 EF
0x1C0: FF FF 82 EF FF FF 3F 00 00 00 E1 26 04 00 00 00
0x1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA
Regards,
Magnus
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