Bug#273575: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Sun Sep 26 05:05:00 EDT 2004 from debian.org
uname -a: Linux pvr 2.6.8-1-k7 #1 Mon Sep 13 23:56:00 EDT 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: Sun Sep 26 14:23:00 EDT 2004
Method: How did you install? What did you boot off? If network
install, from where? Proxied?
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Processor: AMD Athalon 1200
Memory: 384 MB
Root Device: IDE, /dev/md0, RAID 1 (/dev/hda2 & /dev/hdc2)
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40027029504 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77557 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 3875 1952968+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 * 3876 38752 17578008 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/hda3 38753 77557 19557720 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/hdb: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 116301 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 116301 58615672+ 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/hdc: 40.0 GB, 40027029504 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77557 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 3875 1952968+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdc2 * 3876 38752 17578008 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/hdc3 38753 77557 19557720 8e Linux LVM
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365
[KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133
AGP]
0000:00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super
South] (rev 40)
0000:00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:04.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
(rev 40)
0000:00:04.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation
SMC2-1211TX (rev 10)
0000:00:11.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc.
PDC20265 (FastTrak100 Lite/Ultra100) (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280
[Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon
9200] (Secondary) (rev 01)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:0305 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:8305
0000:00:04.0 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 40)
0000:00:04.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:04.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 16)
0000:00:04.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 16)
0000:00:04.4 0680: 1106:3057 (rev 40)
0000:00:04.5 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 50)
0000:00:0b.0 0200: 1113:1211 (rev 10)
0000:00:11.0 0180: 105a:0d30 (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:5961 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:5941 (rev 01)
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: [E]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
I partitioned my drive with swap being the first partition and the boot/root
partition was second. After the reboot grub was trying to boot from the
swap
partition with an error message sililar to "(hd0,0) unknown partition
type 82".
I edited the boot lines in grub so it read (hd0,1) and it booted fine. I've
since reinstalled with swap as the second partition (but still at the
beggining
of the disk) and that worked no problem.
The rest of the install went pretty smoothly except for one annoyance.
After
setting up the raid and creating a reiserfs filesystem for my root, I
went into
the LVM config. When that was done and I came back to the partition
table it
forgot my settings for my root fs. I had to tell it what type it was,
where it
was mounted and the mount options all over again.
I also coulnd't find a way to specify the LVM extent size even when I tried
expert mode. With an extent size of 4M will only alow LVs of 256G.
Since 250G
drives are now available this is kind of low. A default of 32M might be a
better idea as that allows room to expand the LVs to 2T which would allow 8
250G drives which is what you can connect to most modern motherboards.
Or just
allow an option to specify the size.
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