Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r0 (sarge) on AMD64 (netinst ISO) uname -a: Linux dbs-pg 2.6.8-11-amd64-generic #1 Wed Jun 1 00:42:47 CEST 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux Date: Mon Dec 5 17:58:19 CST 2005 Method: Using netinst CDROM from http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/ Machine: Sun Fire X2100 Processor: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 146 Memory: 1.5Gb Root Device: SATA /dev/sda Root Size/partition table: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 4.6G 526M 3.9G 12% / tmpfs 752M 0 752M 0% /dev/shm /dev/md0 68G 20M 68G 1% /usr/local Output of lspci and lspci -n: 0000:00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005e (rev a3) 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0050 (rev a3) 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0052 (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005a (rev a2) 0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005b (rev a3) 0000:00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0053 (rev f2) 0000:00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0054 (rev f3) 0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0055 (rev f3) 0000:00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005c (rev a2) 0000:00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0057 (rev a3) 0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3) 0000:00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3) 0000:00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3) 0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3) 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) 0000:04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11) 0000:00:00.0 0580: 10de:005e (rev a3) 0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:0050 (rev a3) 0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0052 (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:005a (rev a2) 0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:005b (rev a3) 0000:00:06.0 0101: 10de:0053 (rev f2) 0000:00:07.0 0101: 10de:0054 (rev f3) 0000:00:08.0 0101: 10de:0055 (rev f3) 0000:00:09.0 0604: 10de:005c (rev a2) 0000:00:0a.0 0680: 10de:0057 (rev a3) 0000:00:0b.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3) 0000:00:0c.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3) 0000:00:0d.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3) 0000:00:0e.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3) 0000:00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100 0000:00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101 0000:00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102 0000:00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103 0000:01:05.0 0300: 1002:4752 (rev 27) 0000:04:00.0 0200: 14e4:1659 (rev 11) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it 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: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: * The X2100 has no PS/2 slots for keyboards, so the only option is a USB-based keyboard. This caused a lot of headaches with the install as apparently the 2.6.8 kernel doesn't like quite a few USB keyboards (per a Google search). On initial bootup, after starting Debian Installer, it appeared I had no keyboard support. Unplugging the keyboard and replugging it in caused Debian Installer to see it, so I was able to select my language, partition drives, et al. After the initial reboot, however, I had no usable keyboard once grub passed off control to the kernel image. No combination of turning off USB keyboard support in BIOS, or changing USB version numbers, replugging the cable, etc, seemed to work. I assume this is related to Debian Installer and grub both using non-HID USB keyboard support provided by the BIOS, whereas the installed kernel was using HID devices. The only solution I could find was, after the initial reboot, restart the server and boot into the Debian Installer. After the installer loaded all the modules, I Ctrl+Alt+F2'd into a shell and mounted the existing install onto /target. Then I chrooted into /target and apt-get installed ssh. From there, I could ssh into the machine and run "/usr/bin/base-config new" and continue with the install. Since this will be a headless machine, I'm okay with not having console keyboard access. I'm hoping a later kernel upgrade fixes this. * The built-in SATA RAID is software based, so I used Debian's software raid support instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
