Package: installation-reports Severity: important -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.5+g3 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
[Here is the filled-in template from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/report-template] Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: May 19, 2004 -- http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Not done Date: May 19, 2004 Method: expert26 -- Network install, from ftp.be.debian.org Machine: PC-compatible Processor: AMD 1GHz Memory: 710520 kB Root Device: IDE -- /dev/hdc8 Root Size/partition table: Partition Table for /dev/hda ---Starting--- ----Ending---- Start Number of # Flags Head Sect Cyl ID Head Sect Cyl Sector Sectors -- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------- ----------- 1 0x80 1 1 0 0x06 254 63 11 63 192717 2 0x00 0 1 12 0x83 254 63 120 192780 1751085 3 0x00 0 1 121 0x82 254 63 266 1943865 2345490 4 0x00 0 1 267 0x05 254 63 1023 4289355 152055225 5 0x00 1 1 267 0x83 254 63 272 63 96327 6 0x00 1 1 273 0x83 254 63 624 63 5654817 7 0x00 1 1 625 0x0B 254 63 1023 63 13671252 8 0x00 254 63 1023 0x07 254 63 1023 63 11261502 9 0x00 254 63 1023 0x07 254 63 1023 63 38989692 10 0x00 254 63 1023 0x0C 254 63 1023 63 43503957 11 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 8048502 12 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 5847597 13 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 16996707 14 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 7743267 15 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 240912 Partition Table for /dev/hdc ---Starting--- ----Ending---- Start Number of # Flags Head Sect Cyl ID Head Sect Cyl Sector Sectors -- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------- ----------- 1 0x00 1 1 0 0x83 254 63 1 63 32067 2 0x00 0 1 2 0x8E 254 63 163 32130 2602530 3 0x00 0 1 164 0x83 254 63 1023 2634660 32451300 4 0x00 254 63 1023 0x05 254 63 1023 35085960 24948945 5 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 15631182 6 0x00 254 63 1023 0x8E 254 63 1023 63 1188747 7 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 7743267 8 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 385497 Output of lspci: Not done Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [E] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [E] Mount partitions: [E] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [E] Reboot: [O] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: * Problem 1 In the first try, I used the following options (as exemplified in <F7> key menu): expert26 bootkb=be hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false netcfg/use_dhcp=false Then I got: Kernel panic: Too many boot env vars at 'netcfg/use_dhcp=false' So in the second try, I left out the 'hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false' option, and it worked. * Problem 2 >From already installed system, I had prepared the partitions to be used for the new >one. I wanted to use LVM. In the "partitioning" configuration, I asked that /dev/hdc2 /dev/hdc6 should be used as physical devices for LVM. But when I selected "Configure LVM", I got LVM not available. You should load the lvm-mod module. But I could not find it from the "components to load from the CD". * Problem 3a I asked that GRUB be installed on (hd1). But on booting from that disk, the screen was endlessly filled with GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB .... GRUB GRUB GRUB ..... .... * Problem 3b [Note: In the partitioning, I had asked to reuse (no formatting!) my existing /boot partition (/dev/hda5).] Because of 3a, I booted from (hd0), as usual, to be surprised that my 'menu.lst' had been modified to contain the wrong 'root' boot option for the existing kernels: root=/dev/hdc8 was added to all, including where before it was root=/dev/hda15 I would think that existing entries in 'menu.lst' should not be changed! * Problem 4 The "Configure timezone" menu item doesn't work: when selcting it, the menu flickers, but nothing more happens. * Problem 5 [Consequence of problem 2] Somehow I was allowed to go on with the install after the LVM error message, although I hadn't selected partitions other than those to be mounted as /root and /boot. So in the "package install" I got many No space left on device and then INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. And that was the end of it :-{ Best regards, Gilles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
