Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 30Mb CD-ROM of Beta 3, from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ uname -a: Linux hoegaarden 2.4.18-586tsc #1 Sun Apr 14 10:57:57 EST 2002 i686 unknown Date: Sat Mar 27 2004 Method: How did you install? What did you boot off? If network install, from where? Proxied? Booted from CD-ROM, network install downloading packages from ftp.uk.debian.org over http. No proxy. Machine: Homebrew system, 4Gb IDE HDD and generic IDE CD-ROM Processor: Pentium Classic 150MHz Memory: 64Mb RAM Root Device: /dev/hda is a 4.3Gb IDE HDD. Root Size/partition table: hoegaarden:~# fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 527 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 501 4024251 83 Linux /dev/hda2 502 527 208845 5 Extended /dev/hda5 502 527 208813+ 82 Linux swap hoegaarden:~# /dev/hda1 is mounted ext3 as / /dev/hda5 is the swap partition Output of lspci: 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371FB PIIX ISA [Triton I] (rev 02) 00:02.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371FB PIIX IDE [Triton I] (rev 02) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 model NC100 (rev 11) 00:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Savage 4 (rev 02) 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink] (rev 74) 00:14.0 RAM memory: Intel Corp. 450KX/GX [Orion] - 82453KX/GX Memory controller (rev 04) 00:19.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 450KX/GX [Orion] - 82454KX/GX PCI bridge (rev 04) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [E] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: Detect CD failed on initial attempt. Further investigation revealed that the installer attempted to modprobe a plethora of IDE chipset drivers. One of these was apparently breaking IDE bus access, as after this stage the system was unable to mount the CD-ROM. I rebooted and selected 'expert' mode, unchecked all IDE drivers except the 'generic' module, and things worked fine. The installer then continued perfectly until it came to installing a kernel. For some unfathomable reason it installed the K7-optimised version of 2.4.18, which obviously failed to boot on this Pentium 150 box. Booted from the install CD again, in expert mode, fiddled with the IDE chipset drivers, chrooted to hda1, and did a manual apt-get remove of kernel-image-2.4.18-k7, followed by an apt-get install of a more suitable kernel image (2.4.18-586tsc). Contents of /var/log/debian-installer/ available on request. -- Barry Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BOFH excuse #131: telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
