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- From: Chris Carr <chrisc@terminalarrogance.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:48:26 +0000 (GMT)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312181635290.586-100000@chris.sadnet>
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Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: sarge-i386-netinst.iso from rw-aachen.de/sebastian.ley/d-i (downloaded after compromise, circa 12 Dec) uname -a: Linux localhost 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux (why is the hostname not properly set? I set it during the base config, yet my prompt is "localhost:~") Date: 18 Dec 2003 14:24 GMT Method: burned iso onto bootable CD and installed from there Machine: home-made Asus P2B-LS rev 1.2 (slot 1) Processor: Intel Celeron 500MHz (Mendocino core, socket 370 on no-name plug-in card) Memory: 392Mb SDRAM (1x256Mb PC133, 1x128 PC100) Root Device: sdb8 (2Gb) Root Size/partition table: two identical Quantum Atlas IV 9Gb HDs sda 9105Mb (1106/255/63) - sda1 3068Mb (1-382 cyl) NTFS (WinXP boot) sda2 5807Mb (383-1105 cyl) Extended sda5 3068Mb (383-764 cyl) NTFS free space (inside Extended partition) 765-1105 cyl sdb 9105Mb (1106/255/63) - sdb1 490Mb (1-61 cyl) unused (destined for DOS6.22) sdb2 6345Mb (62-851 cyl) Extended sdb5 1951Mb (62-304 cyl) unused (probably FAT16 for shared space) sdb6 1951Mb (305-547 cyl) unused sdb7 490Mb (548-608 cyl) swap sdb8 1951Mb (609-851 cyl) ext2 (/) free space (outside Extended partition) 852-1105 cyl Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 02) 00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U2/U2W / 7890/7891 00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05) 00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 03) 00:0c.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV4 [RIVA TNT] (rev 04) Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [ok] Configure network HW: [ok] Config network: [E] *1 Detect CD: [ok] Load installer modules: [ok] Detect hard drives: [ok] Partition hard drives: [ok] Create file systems: [ok] Mount partitions: [ok] Install base system: [ok] Install boot loader: [E] *2 Reboot: [ok] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: *1 You already know it was a bad idea to default to DHCP. The manual net config was fine. *2 The boot loader install defaults to the disk containing /, not the "first" hard disk (which will be booted). Having not noticed this, I was then unable to use the installer CD as a rescue disk, to mount my sdb8 filesystem and re-run LILO. Is this intentional or did I miss something? I tried several variations of "linux root=/dev/sdb8" (including root=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part8) and nothing worked, so I had to re-run the entire install. This strikes me as a bit unnecessary, given that the install had worked and it was simply a typo which caused LILO to install on the wrong disk. Also, LILO does not scan for windoze partitions and install a default "other" image, which it did in previous versions. Anyway, congratulations on a working installer (I tried an alpha version a month or two ago and it failed on both machines - this one because I have no IDE HDs and the other one because it lacked SiI3112 support). This is my 2nd install report - the first install is still in progress (downloading 424Mb of packages), so I'll send that report when it's finished. Regards, CC
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- Subject: Closing old bugs
- From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 23:30:48 +0100
- Message-id: <20070509223048.GR6063@einval.com>
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