Bug#476180: installation problem (and solution)
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_beta1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-CD-1.iso
Date: 14 April 2008, 22:00 GMT.
cdimage labelle "20080407-12:13"
Machine: Intel
Processor: Intel core quad Q6600
Memory: 8GB
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 ext3 18398028 1521560 15941892 9% /
tmpfs tmpfs 4095644 0 4095644 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 136 10104 2% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 4095644 0 4095644 0% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/muf-data
ext3 278120552 11543432 252449404 5% /data
/dev/mapper/muf-home
ext3 5160576 141460 4756972 3% /home
/dev/mapper/muf-var
ext3 5160576 394376 4504056 9% /var
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: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:
2 problems. One minor and one more annoying.
* After partitionning (3HDD in a RAID5 array into a LVM), there was an
error message saying that /dev/md0p1 was inexistant and that stuff there
won't be available until next reboot. Choosing "ignore" and going on with
the installation gave a working system in the end, so this is no big
trouble.
* When configuring apt, the installer scan the CD1 for packages, then ask
whether there are other CD to scan (in my case, there wasn't). Then the
installer looks for the CD1 in order to get the packages. However, /cdrom
wasn't umount between these two tasks and the installer kept asking for
the CD labelled "CD1"... I had to switch to a console and manually umount
/cdrom in order to have the installer succeding in (re)mounting it and
finding the packages in it.
Similarly, at the end of the install (before rebooting, can't remember
when precisely), there was a similar problem and I had to manually mount
the CD so that installation can go on.
Nothing preventing from getting a working installation, but the
mount/umount problem is pretty annoying, especially if one doesn't know
the basic mechanics of the installation process...
--
Hypocoristiquement,
Jym.
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