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INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/2.6/initrd.gz 20-Jul-2004 uname -a: Linux gts1 2.6.7-co-0.6.2 #1 Mon Jul 12 03:00:37 Local time zone must be set--see zic manu i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:16:31 +0000
Method: I set up colinux to boot from the netboot image
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<colinux>
<block_device index="0" path="\DosDevices\c:\coLinux\root_fs" enabled="true" /> <block_device index="1" path="\DosDevices\c:\coLinux\swap_device" enabled="true" /> <block_device index="2" path="\DosDevices\c:\coLinux\netboot.img" enabled="true" /> <bootparams>root=/dev/cobd2 devfs=mount,dall debian-installer/framebuffer=false</bootparams>
     <image path="vmlinux" />
     <memory size="256" />
     <network index="0" type="tap" />
</colinux>

Machine: Windows XP Pro
Processor: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Memory: 1GB
Root Device: colinux block device
Root Size/partition table:  3 GB for / and 256 MB for swap

Output of lspci and lspci -n:
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci
lspci: Cannot find any working access method.


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [E]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [E]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [O]

Comments/Problems:

The installer fails to detect the colinux block devices.
Therefor assigning filesystems and mountpoints is not available
Workaround is drop to shell at vc2 and format and mount the filesystems.
then cd to /target so it won't unmount it when installing base system

Installig the base system, a kernel must be selected for install.
Because of the kernel beeing part of colinux and not debian,
a kernel is not needed. There shuld be an option to skip kernel install.
However, when installing a kernel the mkinitrd proccess fails.
Workaround is to wait until the question for kernel is persented,
change to vc2 and copy the colinux block device nodes to /target/dev.
Then make sure the kernel has to be downloaded over a slow connection
and start the installation of the kernel. While the kernel is beeing downloaded, quikly change the settings in /target/etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf to MODULES=none

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