Bug#231328: marked as done (installation-reports)
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From: Stefano Rivera <deb-installer@rivera.za.net>
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Debian-installer-version: 20040204 businesscard from gluck
uname -a: can't get far enough for that...
Date: Thu Feb 5 22:25:39 SAST 2004
Method: businesscard iso.
Machine: Custom
Processor: AMD XP 1700+
Memory: 768 MB DDR
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table: 6GB. The rest is LVM
Output of lspci: can't get far enough for that...
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [E]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] =3D OK, [E] =3D Error (please elaborate below), [ ] =3D didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
My machine has a HP CD-Writer 9300i as /dev/hdd. A linux boot doesn't
work unless I append "hdd=3Dnoprobe hdd=3Dcdrom".
Doing this had no effect with the sarge installer.
I tried (in expert mode) adding "hdd=3Dnone" to all ide-detect, and
ide-cd, but they don't take this argument happily.
I think we need a way to get those arguments (from the boot line) passed
on to the relevent modules...
I am at a loss, and installing from woody.
SR
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clone 231328 -1
reassign -1 debian-installer
retitle -1 devfs devices names are confusing to skilled users
tags -1 d-i
severity -1 important
thanks
Quoting Stefano Rivera (deb-installer@rivera.za.net):
> My machine has a HP CD-Writer 9300i as /dev/hdd. A linux boot doesn't
> work unless I append "hdd=noprobe hdd=cdrom".
> Doing this had no effect with the sarge installer.
>
> I tried (in expert mode) adding "hdd=none" to all ide-detect, and
> ide-cd, but they don't take this argument happily.
I think this has something to do with d-i kernels using devfs names
for devices.
Undoubtly, devfs names for devices (which will, as far as I have
understood *be obsoleted* in 2.6 kernels) are highly confusing for
most skilled users (all those of us using Linux for years).
(in partitioning tools, boot loader installers and so on)
I've seen, at Solutions Linux, a confirmed Debian user and package
maintainer, fighting several dozens of minutes with devfs names while
hacking another user's installation.
Informal exchanges there confirmed that this devfs choice is very
badly accepted and may become one of the major subjects of angriness
(I don't find the english word for "reproches") against d-i.
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