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- To: submit@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Etch partitioner problem
- From: root@wonaze.net (Dave Joubert)
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 10:17:23 +0100 (BST)
- Message-id: <20070502091724.065598AC6@gateway.wonaze.net>
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: debian-40r0-amd64-netinst.iso 2007-05-01 23:49 151351296 bytes
Date: 2007-05-01 23:49
Machine: Assembled about a year ago
Processor: AMD 64 3000+
Memory: 2 Gig
Partitions:
fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120033041920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 783 6289416 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 * 784 2350 12586927+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda3 2351 2593 1951897+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda4 2594 14582 96301642+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 2594 3566 7815591 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 3567 4539 7815591 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 4540 8524 32009481 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hda8 8525 10517 16008741 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hda9 10518 11330 6530391 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 11331 12143 6530391 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 12144 12956 6530391 83 Linux
/dev/hda12 12957 13769 6530391 83 Linux
/dev/hda13 13770 14582 6530391 83 Linux
fdisk -l /dev/hde
Disk /dev/hde: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hde1 1 3985 32009481 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hde2 3986 4865 7068600 fd Linux raid autodetect
fdisk -l /dev/hdg
Disk /dev/hdg: 120.0 GB, 120033041920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdg1 1 991 7960176 83 Linux
/dev/hdg2 992 4976 32009512+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdg3 4977 6969 16008772+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdg4 6970 14593 61239780 5 Extended
/dev/hdg5 6970 14593 61239748+ 83 Linux
lspci -nn
0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:00e1 (rev a1)
0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:00e0 (rev a2)
0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:00e4 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:00e8 (rev a2)
0000:00:08.0 0101: 10de:00e5 (rev a2)
0000:00:0b.0 0604: 10de:00e2 (rev a2)
0000:00:0e.0 0604: 10de:00ed (rev a2)
0000:00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
0000:00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
0000:00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
0000:00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0185 (rev c1)
0000:02:06.0 0401: 1102:0004 (rev 04)
0000:02:06.1 0980: 1102:7003 (rev 04)
0000:02:06.2 0c00: 1102:4001 (rev 04)
0000:02:0a.0 0104: 1095:0680 (rev 02)
0000:02:0b.0 0200: 11ab:4320 (rev 13)
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: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
This system runs various versions of Debian (R3) on a day to day basis
without any problems. (Pure Debian with multimedia kernel on /dev/hda6
for the past year, and Kubuntu on /dev/hda9 for the past week)
I wanted to install Etch on /dev/hda5 and chose to run in expert mode
(expertgui just froze). I manually partitioned the drives, because I
need to preserve my RAID setup and LVM on top of that.
Etch completely scrambled the way it presented the drives:
It relabelled the drives as follows (actual -> presented)
hde -> hda
hdg -> hdc
hda -> hde
Relevant bits of lspci
0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
0000:02:0a.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133 Host Controller (rev 02)
The Silicon Image controller is run in pure IDE mode, not RAID.
When I installed Kubuntu (6.0.6) a week ago, it also got it slightly wrong;
it presented the drives in the 'wrong order' ie Silicon Image
controller first, then the onboard nVidia, but it did preserve
the drive letters, ie it showed hde then hdg then hda.
Thoughts:
The latest installers are swapping the controllers, and Etch is
also (incorrectly) re-assigning the drive letters.
I then downloaded debian-31r6a-i386-netinst.iso and the partitioner
is OK on there, ie it preserved the controller order, and therefore
the drive order.
Dave Joubert
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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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