Bug#371089: Installation report
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: floppy
Image version: June 1, 2006
Date: June 1, 2006 to June 7, 2006
Machine: Via chipset
Processor: Intel 486 DX/4
Memory: 24 Mb Ram
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 reiserfs 483756 278744 205012 58% /
tmpfs tmpfs 10796 0 10796 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 10796 44 10752 1% /dev
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C505
0000:00:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: Avance Logic Inc. [ALI] ALG2301
0000:00:00.0 0000: 1106:0505
0000:00:0a.0 0300: 1005:2301
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: [E]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
Downloaded the "testing" floppy images from ftp.se.debian.org. Modified the
syslinux.cfg on boot.img to contain the following two lines at the top:
SERIAL 0 9600 0x3
CONSOLE 0
and added "console=ttyS0,9600n8" to each of the "append" lines. This made
install via null-modem cable work.
Succeeded to load modules to do an ReiserFS root file system. Failed to
install kernel and boot loader (the installer said the step failed - no
particular reason). Had to install kernel and boot loader manually from a
command prompt (chose "Execute shell" from installer). Transcript of problems
during the manual install:
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sh-3.1# dpkg
-i /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.15-1-486_2.6.15-8_i386.d
eb
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.15-1-486.
(Reading database ... 7373 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.15-1-486
(from .../linux-image-2.6.15-1-486_2.6.15-8_i
386.deb) ...
Could not find mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird.
at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst
line 236, <STDIN> line 9.
Done.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6.15-1-486:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 depends on initramfs-tools | yaird |
linux-initramfs-t
ool; however:
Package initramfs-tools is not installed.
Package yaird is not installed.
Package linux-initramfs-tool is not installed.
Package initramfs-tools which provides linux-initramfs-tool is not
installed.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-486
sh-3.1# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/initramfs-tools_0.60_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package initramfs-tools.
(Reading database ... 9388 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking initramfs-tools (from .../initramfs-tools_0.60_all.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:
initramfs-tools depends on udev (>= 0.076-5); however:
Package udev is not installed.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
sh-3.1# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package udev.
dpkg: regarding .../archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb containing udev:
udev conflicts with hotplug
hotplug (version 0.0.20040329-25) is installed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb
(--install)
:
conflicting packages - not installing udev
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb
sh-3.1# dpkg -r hotplug
(Reading database ... 9448 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing hotplug ...
sh-3.1# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 9422 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking udev (from .../archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb) ...
**************************************************************
* Please purge the hotplug package!
* (/etc/init.d/hotplug has been found on this system)
**************************************************************
Setting up udev (0.091-2) ...
A chroot environment has been detected, udev not started.
sha1sum: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1-486: No such file or directory
/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1-486 has been altered. Cannot update.
sh-3.1# dpkg --purge hotplug
(Reading database ... 9516 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing hotplug ...
Purging configuration files for hotplug ...
sh-3.1# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 9484 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace udev 0.091-2
(using .../archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement udev ...
Setting up udev (0.091-2) ...
A chroot environment has been detected, udev not started.
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Ran lilo before reboot. The reboot failed with a kernel panic as the default
kernel did not have ReiserFS support built in. Had to manually add
"initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1.486" to the lilo.conf file and run lilo
again.
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