Bug#236745: marked as done (should have a way to manually load modules for disks if autodetection failed)
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Debian-installer-version: 2/28/2004 uname -a: Date: 2/28/2444 1900
Method: How did you install? Network. What did you boot off? Floppies. If
network install, from where? Debian US mirror. Proxied? No.
Masquerade firewall with DHCP server, running on Libranet 2.7.
Machine: Tyan S2469 SMP motherboard with on-board SCSI-320 and Ethernet
Processor: Athlon MP, one CPU installed
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: SCSI Name of device: /dev/sda
Root Size/partition table: 100 MB /boot, 512 MB swap, 8 GB /, 2 GB /var, 14
GB /home
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
1. Base system install ended in the error message
"Debootstrap ended with an error"
followed by
"tar: unrecognized file type"
debootstrap.log contained only a copy of
"tar: unrecognized file type"
The error log was empty.
2. The "Configure and lay out" screen offered to create only ext2
filesystems. ext3 and reiser were not offered.
AMENDED REPORT
I ran the test over, using 3/4/04 daily build floppies. On the
first attempt, the http download hung. Went back to select mirrors, picked
ftp.us.debian.org.
Got to disk layout. Created ext2 filesystems, assigned and mounted
partitions. Installer started retrieving packages.
At the end of base system install, the menu returned to "Install the
base system". Hitting that ended in:
Base system installation error
The debootstrap program exited with an error (Return value 1).
In /target/var/log/debootstrap.log I found:
ln: /target/usr/bin/awk: file exists
umount: /target/dev/pts: invalid argument
umount: /target/dev/shm: invalid argument
umount: /target/proc/bus/usb: invalid argument
DOCUMENTATION PROBLEMS NOTED
1. There are 4 images at the root of the floppies directory on the server.
There is also an "access" subdirectory with 3 more images in it. Nothing in
the HOWTO or in README files in the directory explains which set of images
to use, or why there are two sets. I tested the first set of floppy images.
2. The HOWTO explains about expert mode. The welcome screen doesn't
mention that it's available. "Hit <F1> for help" isn't enough of a hint.
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Closing, this is addressed, although perhaps not ideally, by
disk-detect, which will let the user choose from a list of disk modules
and try to load them if the autodetection fails.
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see shy jo
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