Package: installation-reports Severity: grave Tags: d-i Justification: renders package unusable
Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch- latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Date: July 27th, 2011 Machine: HP Compaq 615 Processor: AMD Athlon(tm)X2 DualCore QL-66 Memory: 4 GiB Partitions: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 122879999 61438976 83 Linux /dev/sda2 122880000 131071999 4096000 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 131074046 625141759 247033857 5 Extended /dev/sda5 131074048 625141759 247033856 83 Linux Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge [1022:9600] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) [1022:9602] 00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1022:9604] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) [1022:9607] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 4) [1022:9608] Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:12.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 3a) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus 00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel 00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] 00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] 00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40) 00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Address Map [1022:1301] 00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1302] 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303] Kernel driver in use: k10temp 00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Link Control [1022:1304] 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] [1002:9612] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8042 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4357] (rev 10) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308c] Kernel driver in use: sky2 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP- PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1508] Kernel driver in use: wl 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: [O] Install base system: [O] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup: [O] Install tasks: [O] Install boot loader: [E] Overall install: [O] Comments/Problems: Installation went fine, however, the initial boot into the actual system failed: The BIOS complained it would not find anything to boot on my HDD. I tried both graphical and console installation, with the same result - of course I always replied "Yes" when asked whether I want GRUB to be installed into the MBR. I then tried to fix the problem by chroot'ing into the installed system and running "grub-install /dev/sda", but even though this completed successfully, the PC would still refuse to boot. After three installation attempts with two different versions of the disc (I used a two-months old version for my first attempts), I tried to set the boot flag on the root partition, using GParted from the system rescue CD. The next installation attempt then completed successfully. I suspect that either my system is special in that it needs that flag on the partition even though grub resides in the MBR, or this is a bug in grub- install: It should also make sure the partition containing grub has the boot flag set so that booting actually worked. If that's impossible, the installer should at least set the boot flag for the /boot or / partition - the partition in question was actually created during Debian installation, so it definitely should have been set up correctly. The way things work currently, the user ends up with a completely unusable system. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110729210643.25628.9668.reportbug@r-schlepptop
