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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: RC2 built 18/11/04, from Debian website
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: 17:00 27/2/05
Method: boot+root+net driver floppies, http download of 'testing'
Machine: desktop
Processor: Athlon XP 1900
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: Maxtor 4080M0 on SiI3112
Root Size/partition table: didn't get to reading disk
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [E]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Initially reported many drivers unavailable, later downloaded sata_sil,
siimage, etc. Still reported unable to find a number eg via_ircc (VT8235 ISA
bridge), ide-mod, ide-floppy, ide-cd, ... Paused for several minutes loading
ide-detect, partitionning program hung "scanning disks". Moving to console,
cfdisk says unable to access disks, fdisk says cannot open /dev/hda or
/dev/sda.
Is loading both siimage and sata_sil likely to cause problems (should I tell
the installer not to load the former?)
Is there anything special I need to do to get the installer to work with an
SiI3112-attached disk drive? Webpages seem to imply that the 2.4.27 kernel
should just do it...
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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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