Bug#270676: Fresh install problem & workaround
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Debian-installer-version: rc1 netinst CD image
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
on the 6th Sept 2004
uname -a:
Linux xxxxxxxxxx 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 22 12:46:23 JST 2004 i686 unknown
Date: 6th Sept 2004
Method: Boot off netinst CD & used an apt-cache server
Machine: HP (Compaq) DL-320
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz
Memory: 1GB
Root Device: SCSI
Root Size/partition table: fdisk -l /dev/cciss/c0d0
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>Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 36.4 GB, 36414750720 bytes
>255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 8716 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes
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> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 1915 7813184 83 Linux
>/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 1916 2872 3904560 82 Linux swap
>/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 2873 4787 7813200 83 Linux
./dev/cciss/c0d0p4 4788 8716 16030320 83 Linux
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
>lspci
>0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge (rev 32)
>0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge
>0000:00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
>0000:00:04.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Advanced System
>Management Controller
>0000:00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702X
>Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
>0000:00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702X
>Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
>0000:00:07.0 RAID bus controller: Compaq Computer Corporation Smart Array
5i/532 (rev 01)
>0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks CSB6 South Bridge (rev a0)
>0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB6 RAID/IDE Controller (rev a0)
>0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks CSB6 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05)
>0000:00:0f.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCLE-2 Host Bridge
lspci -n
>0000:00:00.0 0600: 1166:0017 (rev 32)
>0000:00:00.1 0600: 1166:0017
>0000:00:03.0 0300: 1002:4752 (rev 27)
>0000:00:04.0 0880: 0e11:a0f0
>0000:00:05.0 0200: 14e4:16a6 (rev 02)
>0000:00:06.0 0200: 14e4:16a6 (rev 02)
>0000:00:07.0 0104: 0e11:b178 (rev 01)
>0000:00:0f.0 0601: 1166:0203 (rev a0)
>0000:00:0f.1 0101: 1166:0213 (rev a0)
>0000:00:0f.2 0c03: 1166:0221 (rev 05)
>0000:00:0f.3 0600: 1166:0227
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: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Problem came after the system had restarted & dselect was used to install ssh
dpkg/dselect gave me the following errors on the package installation/upgrades
which I worked around with the old dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/...... trick
the following packages seem to overlap binaries etc....
coreutils and fileutils
coreutils and shellutils
coreutils and textutils
and
ncurses-term & Eterm-color
Which is odd as I never asked for Eterm
I realise that the above errors are probably package bugs & I can submit them
as seperate bugs against the individual packages if you like.
Also why does dselect insist on installing gcc etc?
If I'm setting up a web server, there is no way I want
a C or any other compilers on the machine
I'm always having to hand remove a whole shit load of packages to
get the installed software list sane.
The list of stuff I seem to regularly peel of new machines are....
bin86
binutils
bison
cpp
cpp-3.3
cpp-3.4
dictionaries-common
dpkg-dev
flex
g++
g++-3.3
g++-3.4
gcc
gcc-3.3
gcc-3.4
gdb
gnu-efi
gnupg
iamerican
ibritish
ispell
libc6-dev
libstdc++5-3.3-dev
libstdc++6-dev
linux-kernel-headers
lpr
manpages-dev
mutt
nano
nfs-common
popularity-contest
ppp
pppconfig
pppoe
pppoeconf
procmail
python
python-newt
python2.3
rcs
reportbug
vacation
wamerican
whois
Some of the above I can understand in a bare bones install
eg the ppp stuff, but the GCC stuff?
Alternativly is there someway I can automagically peel off these
unwanted packages either at install time or with some sort of
post install cleanup tool.
What I'm doing at the moment is diff'ing the output of a known good
machine with the contents of dpkg --get-selections
then using that in a dpkg --set-selections to purge the unwanted bits
I can send you theis script is you are interested
Another problem is that gcc-3.3-base needs to be installed
If I try to remove it the following packages also get removed!
apt
apt-utils
aptitude
base-config
console-tools
dpkg
dselect
gcc-3.3-base
groff-base
hotplug
initscripts
kernel-image-2.4.26-1-386
libsigc++-1.2-5c102
libstdc++5
man-db
modutils
sysvinit
tasksel
telnet
Otherwise the new installer works great!
A definite improvement on the older one :)
Keep up the good work
Error output follows
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Unpacking fileutils (from .../fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/bin/chgrp', which is also in package coreutils
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/shellutils_2.0.11-11_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/bin/date', which is also in package coreutils
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/shellutils_2.0.11-11_i386.deb
Unpacking textutils (from .../textutils_2.0-12_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/textutils_2.0-12_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/bin/cat', which is also in package coreutils
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/textutils_2.0-12_i386.deb
Unpacking ncurses-term (from .../ncurses-term_5.2.20020112a-7_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error
processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ncurses-term_5.2.20020112a-7_all.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/terminfo/E/Eterm-color', which is also in
package ncurses-base
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/ncurses-term_5.2.20020112a-7_all.deb
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