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Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version:
http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/2.6/initrd.gz
20-Jul-2004
uname -a: Linux gts1 2.6.7-co-0.6.2 #1 Mon Jul 12 03:00:37 Local time zone
must be set--see zic manu i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:16:31 +0000
Method: I set up colinux to boot from the netboot image
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<colinux>
<block_device index="0" path="\DosDevices\c:\coLinux\root_fs"
enabled="true" />
<block_device index="1" path="\DosDevices\c:\coLinux\swap_device"
enabled="true" />
<block_device index="2" path="\DosDevices\c:\coLinux\netboot.img"
enabled="true" />
<bootparams>root=/dev/cobd2 devfs=mount,dall
debian-installer/framebuffer=false</bootparams>
<image path="vmlinux" />
<memory size="256" />
<network index="0" type="tap" />
</colinux>
Machine: Windows XP Pro
Processor: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Memory: 1GB
Root Device: colinux block device
Root Size/partition table: 3 GB for / and 256 MB for swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci
lspci: Cannot find any working access method.
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: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
The installer fails to detect the colinux block devices.
Therefor assigning filesystems and mountpoints is not available
Workaround is drop to shell at vc2 and format and mount the filesystems.
then cd to /target so it won't unmount it when installing base system
Installig the base system, a kernel must be selected for install.
Because of the kernel beeing part of colinux and not debian,
a kernel is not needed. There shuld be an option to skip kernel install.
However, when installing a kernel the mkinitrd proccess fails.
Workaround is to wait until the question for kernel is persented,
change to vc2 and copy the colinux block device nodes to /target/dev.
Then make sure the kernel has to be downloaded over a slow connection
and start the installation of the kernel. While the kernel is beeing
downloaded,
quikly change the settings in /target/etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf to
MODULES=none
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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
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