Bug#295645: marked as done (Grub makes bad decisions and fstab not populated)
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:27:51 +1000
From: Joel Fenwick <joelpublic@gmail.com>
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Subject: Grub makes bad decisions and fstab not populated
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Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official
Snapshot i386 (20050212) - jagdo files from debian.org files from
ftp.au.debian.org
uname -a: Linux EUROPA 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:58:38 EST 2005
i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Thu 16 Feb 15:00 EST 2005
Method: Boot and install from CD
Machine: Old Dell
Processor: P3 697.933Mhz
Memory: 255732 kB
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 10.2 GB, 10248118272 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1245 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 61 489951 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 62 1245 9510480 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 * 62 1245 9510448+ 83 Linux
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge
and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82815 CGC [Chipset
Graphics Controller] (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM
AC'97 Audio (rev 01)
0000:01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM
Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
with -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:1130 (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 0300: 8086:1132 (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2440 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:244b (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.2 0c03: 8086:2442 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:2443 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.4 0c03: 8086:2444 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:2445 (rev 01)
0000:01:08.0 0200: 8086:2449 (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: [E]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
3 - 1 minor annoyance/confusion, 1 major annoyance, 1 render system unbootable.
This was my test of a clean install on a system previously running
woody so the disks were already partitioned. Given recent bugs with
partitioning I didn't want to write anything to the partition table.
There doesn't seem to be a clear way to "Leave the partitions alone
but mount this one as /". It seemed as if "You didn't modify the
partition table so you can't go on".
Also what is with the little gremlin icon which appears next to swap
in the partition menu?
I chose grub and it didn't complain or give any error messages but on
reboot it turned out it had chosen the first partition (ie swap) as
the root. This is a problem.
Now we get to the "post first boot setup"
The cdrom is on hdd. Although the installer (and later
gnome-auto-cd-mounter-thing) both found it, apt could not. It turns
out that I don't have swap either.
The reason for this seems to be that fstab was not populated and contains:
# UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM
This leads to another problem vis the mount for / does not show up in
either /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
Hence unmount on shutdown fails.
Apart from that it seems good :-)
Joel
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Subject: Re: Bug#295645: Grub makes bad decisions and fstab not populated
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:16:25 +0100
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On Tuesday 22 February 2005 07:19, Joel wrote:
> My appologies if I had read the help I would have seen that it really
> does not like installing on a non-formatted /
> I attempted another install and the majority of the issues are fixed.
>
> So I would have no objections to this bug being closed :-)
Glad to oblige.
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