Some problems in installation:
* d-i does not recognize ethernet (tg3) and controller (cciss for 641 series)
I loaded by hand modules and proceeded. I could send pci ids
in a couple of days.
* kernel installation failed
The problem is that the root /dev/cciss/disc/disc0/part1 path is not
correctly managed by mkinitrd and it creates a 0byte file.
The installation succeded by hand using a traditional
device name -r /dev/cciss/c0d0p1, customizing in chroot /target
the /etc/mkinitrd/modules to add cciss support, creating
lilo.conf by hand (with non devfs device names) and running
lilo.
Also, manual disk partition failed and presented a
strange list of choices:
.
.
0
0
1
1
/
/
Finished
or so.
I did run autopartion which allowed me to continue with
base system installation.
Well, installation goes, but it was quite far from being immediate
for a non-experienced user. I found also quite non-obvious the
manual load of additional modules: I used simply modprobe from shell,
(because I knew the module names), but this is probably an
overseeing of mine.
PS: The machine was simply uninstallable wih current woody disks
due to obsolete kernel.
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Francesco P. Lovergine
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