Bug#236172: installation-reports: semi-successful installation
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 29-Feb-2004 http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/i386/20040229/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux pluto 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Mon, 1 mar 2004, ca 13.00 CET
Method: network installation, non-proxied
Machine: noname p3
Processor: Intel p3 Coppermine 550MHz
Memory: 512MiB
Root Device: IDE, Maxtor HDD, root /dev/hda1
Root Size/partition table: only hda1 mounted, size 1GiB
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev 44)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 ISA [Mobile South] (rev 21)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 0d)
00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 Power Management (rev 30)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c595 100BaseTX [Vortex]
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage II+ 215GTB [Mach64 GTB] (rev 9a)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
00:0d.1 Communication controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
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: [O]
Mount partitions: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
The uname -a output above isn't accurate, I've installed 2.4.25 from
unstable right away to get XFS support. I really wish sarge installer (and
kernel) had XFS :)
As for the partition mounting issue: there are actually two drives in the
system, to use RAID-1. The second drive had been used a few hours before
in a test installation, and used to have a swap partition as hda1 (now
hdc1), but that was destroyed and differently sized using the partitioner.
However d-i still detected it as a swap partition (even if the partition
type was now "linux" instead of "linux swap" and insisted on turning it on
while hadn't marked it for swap.
It wasn't until I told d-i to turn it into a non-mounted ext3 partition
that it succeeded.
'nother note: I had little time for installation so I went over it
quickly, but I couldn't immediately find a way to create MD devices (and
use them) in d-i. There should be one. (I know how to install into a swap
partition and migrate to RAID, but that doesn't make it less of a kludge.
If there is MD support in d-i, it should be easier to found.)
Regards,
Filip
--
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and science."
-- Albert Einstein
Reply to: