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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/jigdo-cd/debian-testing-i386-CD-1.template
Date: 19 May 2007
Machine: Dell Dimension XPS T450
Processor: PIII 450MHz
Memory: 512MB
Partitions: N/A
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 128
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: f4100000-f5ffffff
0000:00:07.0 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
0000:00:07.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at 10a0 [size=16]
0000:00:07.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 1080 [size=32]
0000:00:07.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
0000:00:0d.0 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 6c)
Subsystem: 10b7:1000
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 80, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:4742 (rev 5c)
Subsystem: 1002:0084
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 66
Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at f4100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Everything went fine until it tried to detect the hard drives. It could
not find my installed hard drive. The hard drive shows up on the BIOS
and in /sys/block/hda after the install disk is booted. The drive is
installed as the master on the ide0 controller. The CD is the master
on ide1.
I was able to boot up in an older version of Knoppix (with a 2.4 kernel)
and partition, format, and mount the drive. I was able to partition the
disk and write to it using dd from the Debian installer command line, but
I could not format it. When I tried to format the disk from the installer
command line, I got a floating point exception.
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On Saturday 19 May 2007 11:57, Brian Dockter wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> Everything went fine until it tried to detect the hard drives. It could
> not find my installed hard drive. The hard drive shows up on the BIOS
> and in /sys/block/hda after the install disk is booted. The drive is
> installed as the master on the ide0 controller. The CD is the master
> on ide1.
Thank you for your report.
We have just been able to identify what is causing this problem.
Some components from unstable accidentally ended up in testing and
this breaks one utility that is used to list the disks present in a
system.
Let me reassure you that your disks _are_ being detected by the kernel.
However, because of the error in this utility the installer does not
_see_ them.
We are working to correct this. Hopefully next weeks images will be OK
again. Please check http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Today to see
if that is the case. We will update the status there when we have verified
that weekly built images work again.
In the mean time you can either use a daily built image, or an official
Etch CD/DVD to install your system.
As this was already a known issue and the cause has now been identified, I
am closing your report.
Cheers,
FJP
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