Bug#274665: marked as done (Should detect IBM Thinkpad's recovery partition)
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From: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@informatik.uni-bremen.de>
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uname -a: Linux galadriel 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Mon Sep 13 23:29:55 EDT 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-10-01
Method: PXE netboot
Machine: IBM Thinkpad X31
Processor: Pentium M 1400
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE; /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-34831.493 megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
1 0.031 33377.695 primary ext3 boot
2 33377.695 34824.726 extended lba
5 33377.726 34824.726 logical linux-swap
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY
0000:02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev aa)
0000:02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev aa)
0000:02:00.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 02)
0000:02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:3340 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:3341 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 81)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24cc (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24ca (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24c3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.6 0703: 8086:24c6 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:4c59
0000:02:00.0 0607: 1180:0476 (rev aa)
0000:02:00.1 0607: 1180:0476 (rev aa)
0000:02:00.2 0c00: 1180:0552 (rev 02)
0000:02:02.0 0280: 8086:4220 (rev 05)
0000:02:08.0 0200: 8086:103d (rev 81)
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: [ ] (The X series does not have a CD drive)
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:
Everything went flawless.
One possible enhancement: IBM Thinkpads do not have an installation CD for
the included copy of Microsoft Windows; instead they ship a hidden partition
with a recovery image. dmesg outputs this as a "Host Protected Area". It would
ne nice if the installer could offer to use this space as well (it's a waste
of 3.5 GBs). I haven't investigated yet how this could be done with parted
or similar tools.
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Subject: Recreation of rescue image can only be done from the BIOS
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The kernel detects the host protected partition and exports the reduced
diskimage size to userland tools like parted. I haven't found a way to
circumvent this.
The recreation of the pre-installed bootimage from the rescue partition
can only be triggered from the BIOS, so there's no need for a boot option
or similar measures. Therefore I'm closing the bug.
Cheers,
Moritz
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