Bug#321390: Package: installation-reports netinstall testing 08/02/05
On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 10:17:29AM +0200, RJP wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Debian-installer-version: < 08/02/05 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/>
> uname -a: <....>
> Date: <08/02/05>
> Method: <How did you install? NetInstall What did you boot off? linux ( standard version 2.6) If network
> install, from where? None Proxied? No>
>
> Machine: <Sony VGN-A497XP>
> Processor: Centrino Intel Pentium M 760, 2 GHz
> Memory: 1024 MB
> Root Device: <100GB SATA>
> Root Size/partition table: <root 68 Gb, 2 Swap, 30 Windows >
> Output of lspci and lspci -n:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
> 00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
> 01:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
> 01:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
> 01:01.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/PCI7620 Dual Socket CardBus and Smart Card Cont. w/ 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Cont. an
> 01:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
> 01:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]
>
>
> 00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:2590 (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:2591 (rev 03)
> 00:1b.0 Class 0403: 8086:2668 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 Class 0c03: 8086:2658 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.1 Class 0c03: 8086:2659 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.2 Class 0c03: 8086:265a (rev 03)
> 00:1d.3 Class 0c03: 8086:265b (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 Class 0c03: 8086:265c (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 Class 0604: 8086:2448 (rev d3)
> 00:1f.0 Class 0601: 8086:2641 (rev 03)
> 00:1f.1 Class 0101: 8086:266f (rev 03)
> 00:1f.2 Class 0101: 8086:2653 (rev 03)
> 00:1f.3 Class 0c05: 8086:266a (rev 03)
> 01:01.0 Class 0607: 104c:ac8e
> 01:01.2 Class 0c00: 104c:802e
> 01:01.3 Class 0180: 104c:ac8f
> 01:02.0 Class 0280: 8086:4220 (rev 05)
> 01:03.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8169 (rev 10)
> 03:00.0 Class 0300: 1002:3150
>
> 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: [E]
> Partition hard drives: [ ]
> Create file systems: [ ]
> Mount partitions: [ ]
> Install base system: [ ]
> Install boot loader: [ ]
> Reboot: [ ]
>
> Comments/Problems:
>
> <I have tried the sarge install but was unable to detect the network card so i swap to netinstall testing.
> HD create troubles, debian was unable to identify the disk saing that there wasn't one. Selecting the source of the netinstall there was a discrepancy btw the menu reporting stable test unstable and the script because debbootstrap was unable to find on the server (all italians) the testing stable unstable, seems to works if from shell i gave the command with etch, sarge or sid.
> I have used debian since a long time and installed it on several computers, the only problem I had was with my new laptop. THe only distro that
> has been able to identify my hardware is Mandriva Limited Edition 2005, HD detected with succes, bluetooth and other stuffs.
> lspci's output cames from mandriva LE05>
>
> I hope this report would be usefult to inprove the installer.
Are there any SATA configuration options in the BIOS?
Most likely it is a matter of 2.6.8/2.4.27 not supporting your SATA
chipset or at least not in the default configuration.
You might have better luck with booting the installer with 'linux26' to
pick the 2.6.8 kernel if you didn't try that already, although a number
of people have not been able to get any intel AHCI SATA controllers to
work with anything less than 2.6.10. I am not sure what SATA controller
the 915 chipset uses in a laptop.
I have seen other cases where intel SATA works perfectly in
native/enhanced mode, but not in compatibility/combined mode, which is
often the default since windows xp can't isntall without a custom cd, or
using a floppy to load a driver for the sata controller if it is in
native mode. Dell for example won't even give you an option to take the
controller out of combined mode, probably to avoid tech support calls
about how to reinstall windows on their machine if the setting is
changed.
Len Sorensen
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