Re: Re[2]: Installation 1.3 failed, returned to 1.1 and upgraded
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997 JIM_BURT_at_nass-fx@nass.usda.gov wrote:
:Recall, I ran Debian 1.1 with few problems for 7 months.
:With few problems, for months, I used numerous "bo" packages,
:though evidently not the "bo" dpkg_1.*.deb package.
[stuff cut]
:
: [I selected /dev/sda7.
: But note that MY PARTITION /dev/sda1 IS NOT LISTED.
: It is "Linux native". Last week I had it as "Linux swap"
: and it was not considered a possible swap partition.
: Since I used /dev/sda1 as my swap partition under Debian 1.1
: for 7 months, Debian 1.3 should somehow consider /dev/sda1.
: ]
A guess: you either have a screwed up fdisk or partition table. I've
had bad experiences with cfdisk. fdisk on the other hand has no trouble
with two ST34371W drives attached to an Adaptec 2940UW.
:
: -----------------------
: |Configure the Network?|
: -----------------------
:Is your system connected to a network?
:[WHAT SHOULD WE ppp USERS SAY? Please insert a comment for us. I said no.]
: .
PPP users should indeed say no. I think it did include this comment ...
I may be mistaken.
: .
: ---------------------------------
: |Configure Device Driver Modules|
: ---------------------------------
[snip]
: ---------------------------------------------
: |Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk|
: ---------------------------------------------
: Create Master Boot Record?
: .
: .
: Install a master boot record on /dev/sda?
: <yes> <no> [I responded "yes"]
:[Meanwhile, /target/lilo.conf has
: boot=/dev/sda2 [NOT /dev/sda; /dev/sda2 is the primary
so /dev/sda2 is the name of the extended partition? This seems wrong
...
: root=/dev/sda7 partition holding /dev/sda7]
: compact
: install=/boot/boot.b
[snip]
:loop: registered device at major 7
:ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57
: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7
: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf
:hdc: CD-ROM CDU311, ATAPI CDROM drive
:ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq15
I have yet to get a system with both IDE and SCSI interfaces active to
boot off the SCSI disk. Perhaps there is a workaround for this, but
it's my understanding that the Adaptec BIOS will not hook the boot
sequence if IDE drives are present.
:Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
:Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2 :FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
:md driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
:aic7xxx: BurstLen=8 DWDs, Latency Timer= 64PCLKS
:aic7xxx: AHA-2940 Ultra Rev B.
:aic7xxx: devconfig = 0x1580
:aix7xxx: Reading SEEPROM...done
:aix7xxx: Enabling support for Ultra SCSI speed.
:aix7xxx: Extended translation enabled.
:aix7xxx: Memory check yields 16 SCBS, paging not enabled.
:aicxxxx: Enabling the wide channel of AHA-2940 Ultra-wide.
:AHA-2940 Ultra-WIDE (PCI-bus), I/O 0xfc00,Mem 0xffbef000:
: irq 10
: bus release time 40 bclks
: data fifo threshhold 100%
: SCSI CHANNEA:
: scsi id 7
: scsi selection timeout 256ms
: scsi bus reset at power-on disabled
: scsi bus parity enabled
: scsi bus termination (low byte) disabled
: scsi bus termination (high byte) enabled
:aic7xxx: Downloading sequencer code...done.
:aicxxx: Resetting the SCSI bus..done.
:Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
:PPA: unable to initialize controller at 0x378, error 2
:scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 4.0/3.2/4.0
:scsi : 1 host
:scsi0: Scanning channel A for devices.
:scsi0: Received MSG_WDTR, Target 1, channel A need wdtr (0xffff).
:scsi0: Target 1, channel A, now synchronous at 20.0 MHz, offset 15.
: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32155N Rev:0176
: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI Revision: 02
:Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
:scsi0: Received MSG_WDTR, Target 2, channel A need wdtr (0xfffd).
:scsi0: Target 2, channel A, now synchronous at 10.0MHz, offset 15.
: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32550N Rev:0019
: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
:Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
:scsi : detected 2 SCSI disks total.
:SCSI device sda: hdwr sector=512 bytes. Sectors= 4197405 [2049MB][2.0GB]
:SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector=512 bytes. Sectors=4194058 [2047MB][2.0GB]
:Partition check:
: sda: sda1 sda2<sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 sda10 sda11 sda12 sda13>
This is a lot of partitions ... at one point Linux came with a default
maximum of 8 partitions/drive (for SCSI) Has this (obviously) changed?
: sdb: sdb1 sdb2
:VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
:After this, the system hung. <alt-F2>, <alt-F3>, <alt-F4> had no effect.
[snip]
:
:Bruce Perens asked me to run "fdisk" for information on the swap partition.
:Here are my fdisk results:
:Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
:/dev/sda1 1 1 9 72261 83 Linux native [I changed from Linux
:swap]
:/dev/sda2 * 10 10 261 2024190 5 Extended
:/dev/sda5 10 10 18 72261 82 Linux swap
:/dev/sda6 19 19 26 64228+ 83 Linux native
:/dev/sda7 27 27 30 32098+ 83 Linux native
:/dev/sda8 31 31 34 32098+ 83 Linux native
:/dev/sda9 35 35 136 819283+ 83 Linux native
:/dev/sda10 137 137 149 104391 83 Linux native
:/dev/sda11 150 150 175 208813+ 83 Linux native
:/dev/sda12 176 176 195 160618+ 83 Linux native
:/dev/sda13 196 196 261 530113+ 83 Linux native
The extended partition being active still bugs me :) Any LILO gurus out
there? Also, have you *deleted* partition 1, or did you just change the
OS type? Of course, if you delete it now, you'll renumber the
partitions. Gotta love partition tables ...
:>From the floppy boot stream above, you can see that I have 2 scsi disks
:on an Adapted 2940UW board, an ATAPI CD [which Debian 1.3 install complains
:about via <alt>F4 unless I put in a CD with a filesystem; eg, a Sun archive CD],
Sure, cos it's looking for readable CDs to install from. I suppose they
could disable the message about not finding a valid filesystem, but
others might not like that?
:a Pentium Pro 200Mz chip with Natoma (Venus) motherboard,
:64 MB parity memory.
:
:For the last three weeks, my only contact with Linux has been boot disks,
:rescue disks, "yard" rescue disks.
:I am not slugging through this Debian 1.3 distribution as quickly
:as I did the Debian 1.1 distribution and APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON INSTALLATION.
:
:Jim Burt, jburt@nass.usda.gov
: (703)235-5213, ext. 132
:
Well, good luck. I installed Debian on a system very similar to yours
(a Gateway G6, also uses the Venus MB I believe) with very few
difficulties. Doesn't help you, I know, but it is possible, at any
rate.
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