Bug#565811: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: USB Key
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.3/i386/iso-cd/debian-503-i386-netinst.iso
Date: Jan 18 2010 4:00pm
Machine: Eee PC 900A
Processor: Atom 1.6 Ghz
Memory: 1 gig
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): not available
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: [ O]
Clock/timezone setup: [ O]
User/password setup: [ O]
Install tasks: [ O]
Install boot loader: [E sdb
Overall install: [ E]
Comments/Problems: There is no CD drive on the Eee PC, so I had to
install from a USB stick. There are only two drives: the USB stick
showed up as /dev/sda, and the internal flash drive of the Eee PC
showed up as /dev/sdb. I selected sdb to install to, and told grub to
install to sdb also. When I reboot without the USB key inserted the
system is still configured for sdb, but the internal drive is now
called sda! When the computer enters the grub menu, I have to hit 'e'
to edit the boot commands, and change hd1 to hd0. The entries in
/etc/fstab still say sdb, and there may be places where sdb is still
present for all I know.
I'm unable to boot, but after a long wait I get thrown to an initramfs
prompt. From there I can mount /dev/sda1 without problems.
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