Re: Trying to install sarge on a C200
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:33:47AM +0200, Fabio Bizzi wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I've tried for a full week-end to install debian sarge 3.1r0a onto an HP
> C200 but the machine wins! :(
>
> My C200 has 256MB Ram, console on serial and a new HD, a 36GB Quantum
> Atlas 10K II HP branded.
>
> Installation media are sarge CD "NetInst" plus both dvd of sarge 3.1r0a
> loaded on a laptop and published via http.
>
> Installation goes fine (after a couple of tricks included the increased
> ramdisk size), partitioning was made using the default "erase all disk"
> and "all files in one partition" - parted does not complain.
> At the end the new system boot correctly and base-config runs fine (also
> if the installed kernel is the smp version and no the single cpu version).
>
> When TaskSel starts I check all the options except the last (manual
> package selection) and download starts correctly and ends without troubles.
>
> In the installation phase after a while I get the following error:
>
> Setting up libxml2 (2.6.16-7) ...
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=3221858888, limit=69352542
I've no idea what's wrong. Those numbers are in untis of 512 bytes, so
the limit value looks reasonable for a 36G disk. I have no SCSI disks
that big so if the issue is somehow related to large partitions I
wouldn't see it.
Presuably sda5 is your root filesystem; does the output of "df -h /"
look sensible, or is the size shown as much bigger than the partition?
What happens if during install you specify a partition size of, say,
8G for / and leave the remaining 28G or so unused?
Richard
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=3222907464, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=1078569544, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=2152307272, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=1075948104, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=2149685832, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=3226577480, limit=69352542
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542
>
>
> I've looked into the syslog, message and dmesg but no scsi or other
> strange errors found!
>
> I've tried with both 64 and 32 bit kernel, with ext2, ext3 and XFS for
> the root filesystem (XFS complain with strange behaviuor, but was late
> when I tried and I was very tired so I have to check again... ;) ) but
> always the same error (with ext3 the error was similar but with the
> immediate re-mount in read only mode of the root partition).
>
> Now I am in a deadlock, any clue is welcome! (except the throwing of the
> C200 to the garbage bin! ;) )
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ciao.
>
> Fabio.
>
>
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