Bug#232527: Installation report - partconf & grub & lilo problem
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Debian-installer-version: netinst sid_d-i 20040212
uname -a: N/A
Date: 13 Feb 2004, 15:00 PST
Method: Used as file image
Machine: VMWare workstation 4.0
Processor:
Memory: 64MB
Root Device: SCSI (emulated) disk 600 MB
Base System Installation Checklist:
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: [E]
Mount partitions: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Everything worked ok, until I tried to use partconf. I created two
partitions one for root(560 MB), the other swap (~80MB). I selected ext3
for root and swap filesystems and I selected continue. The installer
complained of not having a / mount point, but in no point did it ask for
one, or let me specify it.
So I went back to the main menu and selected partman. This one worked
perfectly. Afterwards, the main system was installed (no problems here)
and it prompted for GRUB installation. The selected disk was (hd0) and I
just pressed ok. It failed and I selected LILO instead. This worked with
some problems afterwards. LILO prompted me with the devfs name of the
disk and I pressed ok, but when I rebooted it couldn't mount root
filesystem. Apparently, in /etc/fstab it didn't use the device name but
the disklabel. I changed this manually to /dev/sda1 and rebooted.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux silmaril 2.4.24 #1 Fri Jan 30 03:06:17 EET 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8
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