Bug#694348: wheezy installer not detecting all usb-storage devices
Package: debian-installer
Version: 7.0 (wheezy) - installer build 20121114
Severity: important
debian-wheezy-DI-b4-amd64-CD-1.iso on 4 GB USB stick
I intended to install wheezy to internally USB connected SD card slot on
16 GB SD which contained successfully installed amd64 squeeze 6.0.6
w/default gnome desktop. Also had no problems installing same
w/desktop=lxde boot parameter on different 16 GB SD. Both have grub on
their own card and boot fine.
Similarly no problems installing amd64 Ubuntu 11.10 on the 16 GB card that
currently has squeeze or installing both amd64 Ubuntu and Lubuntu 12.04 on
a single 32 GB SD.
wheezy gui install proceeded smoothly (configured wlan0, users, clock,
etc.) until partitioning. When I selected Manual it only showed
partitions on sda (32 GB SSD w/Win7 Pro) and sdb (4 GB USB stick w/wheezy
installer. Only those 2 devices showed being detected in syslog.
wheezy installer fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 32.0 GB, 32017047552 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3892 cylinders, total 62533296 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd0c93913
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 62533295 31163224 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/sdb: 4022 MB, 4022337024 bytes
124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1021 cylinders, total 7856127 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x653fd82c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 64 1298431 649184 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 1298432 1299327 448 1 FAT12
I expected wheezy installer to find 3 storage devices sda (32 GB SSD), sdb
(16 GB SD), and sdc (4 GB USB installer). Since the intended target was
16 GB SD and that was not detected, I had to abort wheezy installation.
Note that there is nothing wrong with the SD card, because after several
attempted wheezy installations, I could still successfully boot squeeze
from that same 16 GB SD card in that same card slot.
Expected fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 32.0 GB, 32017047552 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3892 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd0c93913
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 13 3893 31163224 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 15.9 GB, 15931539456 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1936 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000a387
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1852 14872576 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 1852 1937 683009 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 1852 1937 683008 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdc: 4022 MB, 4022337024 bytes
124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1021 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 7688 * 512 = 3936256 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x653fd82c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 169 649184 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 169 170 448 1 FAT12
Hardware: Acer W500P tablet PC detachable keyboard, Logitech wireless mouse
AMD C-50 1 GHz 2 core 2 GB ATI HD 6250 graphics
I have wheezy installer debug log if needed, although, it would show an
additional USB memory stick connected at the end to dump the log to.
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