Bug#488434: installation-reports: somewhat problematic install on Thecus N2100
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
-- Package-specific info:
Boot method: network
Image version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/armel/images/daily/iop32x/netboot/ -- June 28 2008
Date: June 28, 2008
Machine: Thecus N2100
Partitions:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c6e0b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 973 7815591 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda2 974 1216 1951897+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda3 1217 19457 146520832+ fd Linux raid autodetect
allegri:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0006c723
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 973 7815591 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb2 974 1216 1951897+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb3 1217 19457 146520832+ fd Linux raid autodetect
allegri:~# df -Tl
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/md0 ext3 7692776 636852 6665152 9% /
tmpfs tmpfs 258508 0 258508 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 76 10164 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 258508 0 258508 0% /dev/shm
/dev/md2 ext3 144221560 192132 136703392 1% /srv
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: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
One small issue. The installation is preseeded from the old environment on
flash, that is the configuration in the config partition of the original
thecus firmware. This makes sense for the initial install, but less so when
doing a reinstallation. In this case the old firmware was installed with a
static ip, which didn't make any sense at all in the network i was installing
in.
The big issue was that i couldn't configure a custom mirror or even select a
country mirror. After some debugging it turned out that the newt frontend
immediately returned backup instead of actually showing the UI bits. The
relevant debconf debugging output is:
Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: --> GET mirror/country
Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: <-- 0 manual
Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: --> INPUT critical mirror/http/hostname
Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: <-- 0 question will be asked
Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: --> INPUT critical mirror/http/directory
Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: <-- 0 question will be asked
Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: --> GO
Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: <-- 30 backup
Using the text frontend instead of the newt frontend let me finish the
installation just fine.
Sjoerd
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