Bug#357704: Floppy install does not configure boot dir and grub correctly
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Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?>
Floppy. 4 x 1.44 mb
Image version: <Fill in date and from where you got the image>
17-Mar-2006 from http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/floppy/access.
Date: 18-Mar-2006, around 6:00 EST
Machine: Spare parts, mobo about 3-4 years old. Fairly modern. Runs GNU/Debian well.
Processor: AMD K7
Memory: 1GB
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
[#/dev/hda1 ntfs (not mounted)]
[#/dev/hda2 swap]
/dev/hda3 reiserfs 16602624 8456792 8145832 51% /
[#/dev/hda4 reiserfs (*** not mounted, but see below)]
tmpfs tmpfs 518412 0 518412 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 518412 100 518312 1% /dev
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741 Host (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36)
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
0000:00:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 0a)
0000:00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TR
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (Secondary) (rev 01)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1039:0741 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1039:0003
0000:00:02.0 0601: 1039:0964 (rev 36)
0000:00:02.5 0101: 1039:5513 (rev 01)
0000:00:03.0 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.1 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.2 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.3 0c03: 1039:7002
0000:00:04.0 0200: 1039:0900 (rev 91)
0000:00:0a.0 0401: 1102:0002 (rev 0a)
0000:00:0a.1 0980: 1102:7002 (rev 0a)
0000:00:0b.0 0300: 1002:5452
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:5961 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:5941 (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: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O] *** but see below
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
The install went perfectly (but I do miss full-screen ncurses-style menus).
I booted boot.img in expert mode, mounted root.img, loaded net-drivers.img for the SiS900, configured static IP, then downloaded the rest from a mirror without a problem.
I chose Standard System and Desktop/Workstation for software.
However, while the app software was installed to the correct partition (hda4), the OS was not installed, and grub did not add hda4 as a menu choice.
Background: I have 1 hardisk, hda, with 4 partitions:
hda1 ntfs for Windows, should I need to do something with that thing.
hda2 linux paging
hda3 reiserfs for my normal GNU/Debian boot device and root (been working fine with 'testing' for a long time)
hda4 an empty partition on which I was trying to install afresh the lastest GNU/Debian
Prior to this install, grub would offer hda1 (Windows) and hda3 (2.6.15) as boot choices from the MBR.
My goal was to keep hda1 and hda3 intact, and try a fresh install on hda4, with safe fallback to hda3 or even hda1 (ugh!).
After the install, I expected grub to offer hda1, hda3, and also hda4 (the new fresh install) as well.
But it offered only hda3, zapped hda1 (as a menu choice; I can still mount ntfs, so it's alive), and never added hda4, the new install.
After rebooting, the system booted up as usual on hda3 (with a different grub timeout), and I mounted hda4 to take a look-see.
All of the /usr/* stuff was installed as well as /etc and so on, but 'boot was empty, except for the grub subdir and its file, including menu.lst.
So it seems that something went wrong when the configure grub stage ran. The install process changed grub stuff on hda3 as well as creating the /boot/grub dir on hda4. Odd.
I performed the whole install twice because I thought that I might have chose the wrong menu number somewhere along the way (being used to full-screen ncurses).
Also, I notice that the /etc/X11/xorg.conf on hda4 (new install, not hda3 existing install) configured the onboard SiS video chip, not the ATI Radeon AGP plug-in card. This is immaterial because hda4 never booted anyway.
Anyway, hda3 is still alive and well, and hda1 probably needs a few grub lines added to get it booted (if I need to!).
Let me know if I can provide more info.
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