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Bug#360925: INSTALL REPORT

Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: 2006-04-04 from
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r1/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r1a-i386-businesscard.iso
uname -a: Linux debian.example.com 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Tue Aug 16 13:22:48
UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2006-04-04 14:29:01 EDT
Method: booted from the CD-ROM, used 'linux26' from the boot prompt.
Mirror from http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian

Machine: HP ML370 G3
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family      1266MHz
Memory: MemTotal:      1816820 kB
Root Device: SCSI RAID, /dev/cciss/c0d0
Root Size/partition table:
major minor  #blocks  name

 104     0   17780640 cciss/c0d0
 104     1     273073 cciss/c0d0p1
 104     2          1 cciss/c0d0p2
 104     5    4883728 cciss/c0d0p5
 104     6    2931831 cciss/c0d0p6
 104     7    1180746 cciss/c0d0p7
 104     8     393561 cciss/c0d0p8
 104     9    8112793 cciss/c0d0p9

Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 23)
0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:00.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:00.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 08)
0000:00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL
(rev 27)
0000:00:06.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Advanced
System Management Controller
0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 51)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks OSB4 IDE Controller
0000:07:03.0 RAID bus controller: Compaq Computer Corporation Smart
Array 5300 Controller (rev 02)
0000:07:07.0 PCI Hot-plug controller: Compaq Computer Corporation PCI
Hotplug Controller (rev 12)

0000:00:00.0 0600: 1166:0008 (rev 23)
0000:00:00.1 0600: 1166:0008 (rev 01)
0000:00:00.2 0600: 1166:0006 (rev 01)
0000:00:00.3 0600: 1166:0006 (rev 01)
0000:00:02.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08)
0000:00:05.0 0300: 1002:4752 (rev 27)
0000:00:06.0 0880: 0e11:a0f0
0000:00:0f.0 0601: 1166:0200 (rev 51)
0000:00:0f.1 0101: 1166:0211
0000:07:03.0 0104: 0e11:b060 (rev 02)
0000:07:07.0 0804: 0e11:a0f7 (rev 12)

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:  [O]
Create file systems:    [O]
Mount partitions:       [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [E]
Reboot:                 [O]

Comments/Problems:

There was an error installing grub to the boot sector of the
SCSI RAID (/dev/cciss/c0d0). I tried LILO instead, and that worked
on the first try.

The complete error with grub was (accepting all the defaults):
    Apr  4 14:44:01 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '(hd0)'
    Apr  4 14:44:01 grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
    Apr  4 14:44:01 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target
/sbin/grub-install --recheck --no-floppy "
    (hd0)"
    Apr  4 14:44:09 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install
--recheck --no-floppy "(hd0)"' failed.
    Apr  4 14:44:48 main-menu[504]: WARNING **: Configuring
'grub-installer' failed with error code 1
    Apr  4 14:44:48 main-menu[504]: WARNING **: Menu item
'grub-installer' failed.

I tried specifying the SCSI RAID by device, but that also failed:
    Apr  4 14:47:28 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on
'/dev/cciss/c0d0'
    Apr  4 14:47:28 grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
    Apr  4 14:47:28 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target
/sbin/grub-install --recheck --no-floppy "
    /dev/cciss/c0d0"
    Apr  4 14:47:36 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install
--recheck --no-floppy "/dev/cciss/c0d0"' failed.
    Apr  4 14:47:38 main-menu[504]: WARNING **: Configuring
'grub-installer' failed with error code 1
    Apr  4 14:47:38 main-menu[504]: WARNING **: Menu item
'grub-installer' failed.

I installed LILO into the boot sector, which worked just fine.

I've been increasingly pleased with Debian's installer. I was able to
get a system with *very* minimal packages installed in about an hour, on
a machine that I had never worked with before. I was worried about the
RAID, but it was detected and used automagically (except for the above
weirdness).

The auto partitioner is one of my favorite new additions, as that was
always a step that took some manual computation.

Thanks Debian :-)

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/var/log/debian-installer/.
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