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Bug#565811: marked as done (installation-reports)

Your message dated Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:45:13 +0100
with message-id <20100119054513.GA4063@mykerinos.kheops.frmug.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#565811: installation-reports
has caused the Debian Bug report #565811,
regarding installation-reports
to be marked as done.

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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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Quoting David McCallum (dmccallum9@gmail.com):

> 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.


My ujnderstanding is that all this is related to device renaming
issues, which are described in the errata file. Development of the
squeeze installer includes some work to avoid those issues under the
"persistent naming" release goal umbrella.

So, given that such issues are a well known drawback of lenny D-I, I
propose closing the bug report.

This does not of course mean you weren't right to report. Knowing the
installations are correct or not is important for the d-i team.

Many thanks for your time testing the Debian Installer and reporting
your results. Have fun with your new Debian system!

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