Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel
Two of you replied to my bug report. I'll send my replies to both
of you.
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 01:21:50PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Friday 07 April 2006 06:23, Jack Carroll wrote:
> > FIRST RUN:
> > At reboot, the GRUB screen listed only "Other operating systems",
> > showing the kernel previously installed in /dev/hda1. It didn't list
> > the newly installed kernel.
>
> Which probably means that you are running an old grub and not the one
> created by the new installation.
No, if that were the case, it wouldn't have shown the previously
installed OS on /dev/hda1 as "Other operating system".
>
> > Booted the previously installed system in /dev/hda1 (Debian Sarge,
> > kernel 2.6.8-686). Mounted /dev/hda2 and examined /boot on that
> > partition. No kernel, initrd, or System.map files present, only a grub
> > directory. The progress bars said it was installing the kernel, but
> > it's not there.
>
> Impossible. If the installer cannot install the kernel, it will fail in a
> big way. They _have_ been installed, just not where you are looking.
>
> Try running the installation again and, after the base-installation phase
> has finished, switch to VT2 (using alt-F2) and ls /target/boot. You
> should see the kernel there.
> Do the same after bootloader installation.
I'll run that test. I'll also run the "mount" command at that time,
to find out where /target/boot is mounted. It should tell us something.
>
> My guess is that you are affected in some way by the first erratum item
> listed on [1].
>
> [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
No, I don't think so. There's only one hard disk, even though it's
partitioned to allow triple-booting. The only other IDE device is a CD-ROM
drive.
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