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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Debian-Installer release candidate 2, source:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: N/A
Date: 2005-01-07 14:25 EST
Method: Installation from bootable CD-ROM
Machine: Unbranded whitebox PC
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ on an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard
Memory: 512 MiB
Root Device: Western Digital WD800JD on Silicon Image SiI 3112A SATA controller
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/sda1: 40.00 GiB, NTFS
/dev/sda2: 34.03 GiB, ext3 (dir_index,filetype,has_journal,sparse_super)
/dev/sda3: 486 MiB, swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n: N/A
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [E]
Mount partitions: [E]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Unsuccessful installation. I got two different issues with two installation
methods.
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The operating system locks up while loading the ide-detect module. The message I
get when it locks up the system is:
Loading module 'ide-detect' for 'Linux IDE detection'
I cannot switch to another console nor to the journal console. I have to restart
the computer by pressing the Reset button. This behaviour is always
reproductible.
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I cannot mount a pre-formatted ext3 partition. I don't get any helpful message
in the journal console but here is the error message shown:
The attempt to mount a file system with type ext3 in SCSI1 (0,0,0), partition #
() at / failed.
Similarily, I cannot format a new ext3 partition from partman. In this case, I
do get some helpful output from the journal console:
The ext3 file system creation in partition #2 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed.
<ALT-F3>
/sbin/tune2fs: No such file or directory while trying to open
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
Could not stat /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 --- No such file or
directory
The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?
"ls /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0" confirms that the part2 node does not
exist. In fact, I can only see two nodes: disc and part1. I have tried to
create the nodes manually ("mknod part2 block 8 2" and "mknod part3 block 8 3")
but mke2fs still doesn't work.
cfdisk can detect the partitions. The IDE controller is known to work fine under
Linux. I ran Gentoo Linux on this computer for a while using their kernel
sources (2.6.8 and 2.6.9). I would like to wipe out the whole disk but I cannot
lose my MS Windows partition. I would like to wipe out MS Windows but I don't
want to lose my life by an angry girlfriend... ;)
I have the same issue with Ubuntu 4.10 (which is using a previous version of
d-i, I believe).
Contact me if you need further information.
- Patrick Clément-Bonhomme
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful
The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet.
In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.
You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.
If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
against installation-reports.
Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.
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