Bug#410624: USB storage mucks up drive order on boot
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: netinst cd
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Date: 12 Feb 2007 14:00 (GMT+10)
Machine: Dell P4
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Memory: 1035224 kB
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 ext3 36772092 3094092 31810044 9% /
tmpfs tmpfs 517612 0 517612 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 64 10176 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 517612 0 517612 0% /dev/shm
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: [ O]
Partition hard drives: [ O]
Install base system: [ O]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ O]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
There is a single SATA HDD in the machine.
Also attached during the install was a memory stick drive (appears as
USB storage).
Partitioning in the installer correctly labelled the HDD as sda and
the MS as sdb.
On boot (kernel=2.6.18-3-686, bootloader=grub) the system labelled MS
as sda (even when there was no MS in the drive).
So obviously, the system will not boot with this device plugged in.
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