Bug#487612: Problem with boot after installation due to partitioning error
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-LennyBeta2-i386-netinst.iso
Date: 2008-06-22 2200
Machine: Dell GX400
Processor: 13000 MHz pentium4
Memory: 768M
Partitions: dad@GX400:~$ df -Tl
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda11 ext3 5763616 3112204 2358632 57% /
tmpfs tmpfs 387840 0 387840 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 112 10128 2% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 387840 0 387840 0% /dev/shm
Output of lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) [8086:2530] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:2532] (rev 02)
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 04)
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:2440] (rev 04)
Kernel modules: intel-rng, iTCO_wdt
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller [8086:244b] (rev 04)
Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
Kernel modules: piix
00:1f.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2442] (rev 04)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller [8086:2443] (rev 04)
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.4 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2444] (rev 04)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV15 [GeForce2 GTS/Pro] [10de:0150] (rev a4)
Kernel modules: nvidiafb
02:08.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: Adaptec AHA-2940U2/U2W [9005:0010]
Kernel driver in use: aic7xxx
Kernel modules: aic7xxx
02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 [1102:0002] (rev 08)
Kernel driver in use: EMU10K1_Audigy
Kernel modules: snd-emu10k1
02:09.1 Input device controller [0980]: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port [1102:7002] (rev 08)
Kernel driver in use: Emu10k1_gameport
Kernel modules: emu10k1-gp
02:0b.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture [109e:036e] (rev 11)
Kernel driver in use: bttv
Kernel modules: bttv
02:0b.1 Multimedia controller [0480]: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture [109e:0878] (rev 11)
Kernel driver in use: Bt87x
Kernel modules: snd-bt87x, bt878
02:0c.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 78)
Kernel driver in use: 3c59x
Kernel modules: 3c59x
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: [O]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
There was apparently some problem with the formatting of the new root (/) partition. I assigned it 6.0 GB of space and the partitioner stated that it used 6.0 GB of space. The install worked great, but system would not boot. Grub reported Error 2.
Since the machine had other available Linux systems (openSUSE 10.2 and SuSE 9.3) I tried fsck on the new partion. Fsck reported no errors. I mounted the new partition to the openSUSE 10.2 system and backed up the files onto another partition using kdar. I unmounted and reformatted the existing partition using Yast. Yast reported the partition size as 5.5 GB. I remounted the partition and restored the files using kdar. After completing these operations, Grub would boot Lenny.
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