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Bug#288408: marked as done (installation-reports: Boot Loader Failure and Success and Failure (LILO BAD, GRUB fails reboot))

Your message dated Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:29:33 +0200
with message-id <20060930122933.GH3325@stappers.nl>
and subject line Closing a januari 2005 boot failure.
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.

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If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Package: installation-reports
Severity: important

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers experimental
  APT policy: (990, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/20041226/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux space 2.6.9-1-k7 #1 Thu Nov 25 03:20:07 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 20041227 0830 EST or 1330 GMT
Method: How did you install?			Network Install
	What did you install?			Sarge
	What did you boot off?			sarge-i386-netinst.iso dated 2004-12-26
	If network install, from where?		ftp://ftp.us.debian.org
	Proxied?			 	No. Not inline nor traditional.

Machine: Soyo Dragon Ultra Platinum, KT600, VIA Chipset (Hand crafted machine)
Processor: AMD Athlon 3000XP+ Barton
Memory: 1.5GB (333MHz 3x512MB Non-ECC, Unbuffered)
Root Device: IDE Maxtor 6B200P0, /dev/hde2, 3903620 1024K blocks
Floppy Device: NONE
Root Size/partition table:  

	space:~# fdisk -l /dev/hde

	Disk /dev/hde: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
	255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders
	Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

	   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
	/dev/hde1   *           1          36      289138+  83  Linux
	/dev/hde2              37         522     3903795   83  Linux
	/dev/hde3             523         765     1951897+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
	/dev/hde4             766       24792   192996877+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
	/dev/hde5             766        1738     7815591   83  Linux
	/dev/hde6            1739        3683    15623181   83  Linux
	/dev/hde7            3684        3805      979933+  83  Linux
	/dev/hde8            3806       24792   168578046   83  Linux

	space:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda

	Disk /dev/sda: 1199.9 GB, 1199956819968 bytes
	255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 145886 cylinders
	Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

	   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
	/dev/sda1               1      145886  1171829294+  83  Linux

	space:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb

	Disk /dev/sdb: 1427.4 GB, 1427489423360 bytes
	255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 173549 cylinders
	Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

	   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
	/dev/sdb1               1      173549  1394032311   83  Linux

	space:~# df -H   (edited to exclude network and shm)
	Filesystem             Size   Used  Avail Use% Mounted on
	/dev/hde2              4.0G   146M   3.9G   4% /
	/dev/hde1              297M    47M   250M  16% /boot
	/dev/sda1              1.2T   985G   216G  83% /exports/finish
	/dev/sdb1              1.5T   992G   436G  70% /exports/scratch
	/dev/hde8              173G    47M   173G   1% /home
	/dev/hde7              1.1G    34M   970M   4% /tmp
	/dev/hde5              8.1G   637M   7.4G   8% /usr
	/dev/hde6               16G   351M    16G   3% /var

	space:/boot/grub# cat /etc/fstab
	# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
	#
	# <file system> <mount point>           <type>          <options>       <dump>  <pass>
	proc            /proc                   proc            defaults        0       0
	/dev/hde2       /                       reiserfs        defaults        0       1
	/dev/hde1       /boot                   reiserfs        notail          0       2
	/dev/sda1       /exports/finish         reiserfs        defaults        0       2
	/dev/sdb1       /exports/scratch        xfs             defaults        0       2
	/dev/hde8       /home                   reiserfs        defaults        0       2
	/dev/hde7       /tmp                    reiserfs        defaults        0       2
	/dev/hde5       /usr                    reiserfs        defaults        0       2
	/dev/hde6       /var                    reiserfs        defaults        0       2
	/dev/hde3       none                    swap            swap            0       0
	/dev/hda        /media/cdrom0           iso9660         ro,user,noauto  0       0


Output of lspci and lspci -n:

	space:~# lspci
	0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
	0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
	0000:00:08.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 3ware Inc 3ware 7xxx/8xxx-series PATA/SATA-RAID (rev 01)
	0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 11)
	0000:00:0b.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 3ware Inc 3ware 9xxx-series SATA-RAID
	0000:00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 05)
	0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
	0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
	0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
	0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
	0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
	0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
	0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
	space:~# lspci -n
	0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:3189
	0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:b168
	0000:00:08.0 0104: 13c1:1001 (rev 01)
	0000:00:0a.0 0200: 1186:4c00 (rev 11)
	0000:00:0b.0 0104: 13c1:1002
	0000:00:0f.0 0104: 1103:0004 (rev 05)
	0000:00:10.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
	0000:00:10.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
	0000:00:10.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
	0000:00:10.3 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 82)
	0000:00:11.0 0601: 1106:3177
	0000:00:11.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
	0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0185 (rev c1)

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 and O]
Reboot:                 [E]

Comments/Problems:

Install went as planned, until the Boot Loader install. LILO flat failed, failed to install in either 
MBR or /dev/hde1 to chain load. Grub at least suceeded there. But it too really failed. As on the 
reboot, it gets to stage1.5. Yes I tried most of the stage1_5 types for different filesystems by 
completely wiping the drives. I gave trying any others when I used ReiserFSv3.6.

Well the fist 300MB with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hde bs=1048576 count=300

I am guessing this should really go against GRUB and/or LILO. They funny thing is about the whole 
thing is:
	I created a Boot CD with grub to auto-load the system, so yet even though it starts from the 
CD, it actually boots from the hard drive.

Also rather head-scraztching, this motherboard and processor was a Fully functional Sid machine before 
the move to this machine. It had 250GB Maxtor Drives in it vs the 200GB now. Same kernel and 
everything.

Including these files:

a copy of the first 1024 bytes of /dev/hde
a copy of the first 1024 bytes of the CD (useless as it may be)

Attachment: mbr-hde
Description: Binary data

Attachment: mbr-cd
Description: Binary data

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.           
default		0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout		5

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title		Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root		(hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader	+1
#
# title		Linux
# root		(hd0,1)
# kernel	/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default optons below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hde2 ro vga=791

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.9-1-k7 
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1-k7 root=/dev/hde2 ro vga=791 
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.9-1-k7
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.9-1-k7 (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1-k7 root=/dev/hde2 ro vga=791 single
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.9-1-k7
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-1-386 
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 root=/dev/hde2 ro vga=791 
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-1-386 (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 root=/dev/hde2 ro vga=791 single
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386
savedefault
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

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--- Begin Message --- 
Hello,

Previous update to this bugreport was in januari 2005.
(see http://bugs.debian.org/288408 complete overview)

It was before the release of Debian 3.1, codenamed Sarge.
Meanwhile we are preparing for the release named Etch.

The boot failure is most likely being fixed.
If new versions might fail,
then report it by filing a new install report.

Cheers
Geert Stappers

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