Bug#772915: debian installer fails to set up initial partitions on ECS Liva
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: USB drive
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/
Date: 2014-12-10
Machine: ECS Liva mini PC
Processor: Intel Bay Trail-M N2807
Memory: 2GB
Partitions: These are the current partitions after a successful Ubuntu
desktop installation:
/dev/mmcblk0p2 ext4 27455692 5615676 20422288 22% /
none tmpfs 4 0 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev devtmpfs 956596 4 956592 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 193540 1060 192480 1% /run
none tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
none tmpfs 967700 0 967700 0% /run/shm
none tmpfs 102400 0 102400 0% /run/user
/dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat 523248 3436 519812 1% /boot/efi
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor
Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction Register [8086:0f00] (rev 0e)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom
Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display [8086:0f31] (rev 0e)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor
Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series USB xHCI [8086:0f35] (rev 0e)
00:1a.0 Encryption controller [1080]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor
Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine [8086:0f18] (rev 0e)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor
Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller [8086:0f04] (rev
0e)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0f48] (rev 0e)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0f4a] (rev 0e)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0f4c] (rev 0e)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0f4e] (rev 0e)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor
Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Power Control Unit [8086:0f1c] (rev 0e)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0f12] (rev 0e)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168]
(rev 0c)
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:
The installer detects the 32GB emmc, but when it attempts to create
partitions on it, it fails each time. Based on other people's
published experiences, Ubuntu desktop installer will work, but Debian,
Ubuntu server, and other distros will not. I chose "force UEFI" when
given the option.
After successfully installing Ubuntu, I've now gone back and used the
Debian installer again, changing the ext4 partition to btrfs, and
formatting the vfat partition as the efi boot partition, and time it
worked fine; I now have the system installed and working with Debian.
-Sage
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