Bug#319486: Installation on Sony Vaio VGN-A417M
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Netinst daily (2005-07-13) from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/20050713/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
I'm using the daily because I couldn't find anything stabler which
succeeded in driving my HD.
uname -a: Linux hpcxport3 2.6.11-1-386 #1 Mon Jun 20 20:53:17 MDT 2005 i686 unknown
Date: 2005-7-22
Method: netinst CD, with network install available.
Machine: Sony Vaio VGN-A417M
Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz
Memory: 521Mb
Root Device: 80Gb SATA (HTS541080G9SA00) on ICH6 chipset
Root Size/partition table:
250Mb / reiserfs
2Gb sw
78Gb lvm containing /usr, /var, /home
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
The netinst CD doesn't include lspci (it probably should). This is
taken with Gnoppix 1.0 (kernel 2.6.7):
0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:2590 (rev 03)
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2590 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:2591 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2591 (rev 03)
0000:00:1b.0 Class 0403: 8086:2668 (rev 03)
0000:00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub Audio (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 Class 0c03: 8086:2658 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 Class 0c03: 8086:2659 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 Class 0c03: 8086:265a (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.3 Class 0c03: 8086:265b (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 Class 0c03: 8086:265c (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub USB2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 Class 0604: 8086:2448 (rev d3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev d3)
0000:00:1f.0 Class 0601: 8086:2641 (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub LPC (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 Class 0101: 8086:266f (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub PATA (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.2 Class 0101: 8086:2653 (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2653 (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 Class 0c05: 8086:266a (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. I/O Controller Hub SMBus (rev 03)
0000:01:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
0000:01:01.0 Class 0607: 104c:ac8e
0000:01:01.2 Class 0c00: 104c:802e
0000:01:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 802e
0000:01:01.3 Class 0180: 104c:ac8f
0000:01:01.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420 Flash Media Controller
0000:01:02.0 Class 0280: 8086:4220 (rev 05)
0000:01:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
0000:01:03.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8169 (rev 10)
0000:01:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
0000:03:00.0 Class 0300: 1002:3150
0000:03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 3150
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O] - r8169
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
This is the only boot disk I've found which has managed to pick up my
HD, so that's a good start. I had to make a minor fix to the iso -
isolinux.cfg had lots of pointers to kernels named 'linux', when it
meant 'vmlinuz'.
The mounting, partitioning and base install went smoothly (although I
was slightly confused by the skull-and-cross-bones symbol in the
partition table). It all falls apart at the reboot.
The kernel boots, but init fails. It says:
pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
Iain Georgeson.
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