Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: from debian.org on 12/16/05 uname -a: Linux Knoppix 2.4.27 #2 SMP Mo Aug 9 00:39:37 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 12/16/05, 11pm PST Method: Installed using Knoppix CD
Machine: Dell INSPIRON 8100 Processor: Pentium III Memory: 512MB Root Device: /dev/hda1 Root Size/partition table: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 146 1172713+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 147 207 489982+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 208 2432 17872312+ 83 Linux Output of lspci and lspci -n: [EMAIL PROTECTED] lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and MemoryController Hub (rev 04) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BAM IDE U100 (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 03) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go] (rev b2) 0000:02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10) 0000:02:06.0 PCI bridge: Actiontec Electronics Inc Mini-PCI bridge (rev 11) 0000:02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 0000:02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 0000:02:0f.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller 0000:08:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) 0000:08:08.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics WinModem 56k (rev 01) [EMAIL PROTECTED] lspci -n 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:1130 (rev 04) 0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:1131 (rev 04) 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:244c (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:244a (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.2 0c03: 8086:2442 (rev 03) 0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0112 (rev b2) 0000:02:03.0 0401: 125d:1998 (rev 10) 0000:02:06.0 0604: 1668:0100 (rev 11) 0000:02:0f.0 0607: 104c:ac42 0000:02:0f.1 0607: 104c:ac42 0000:02:0f.2 0c00: 104c:8027 0000:08:04.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08) 0000:08:08.0 0780: 11c1:0448 (rev 01) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [ ] Configure network HW: [ ] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [E] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: I deleted my gentoo linux and am trying to install debian from my Knoppix CD. I followed the guideline in: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apcs04.html.en1 I have three partitions: /dev/hda1 (ext3), /dev/hda2 (swp), and /dev/hda3 (reiserfs). For gentoo, I used /dev/hda1 for /boot and /dev/hda3 for /. I first tried: =================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/sbin/debootstrap --arch i386 sarge /mnt/debinst http://http.us.debian.org/debian =================================================== which didn't work due to (I believe) known version error of the debootstrap installed in Knoppix. Instead, I downloaded debootstrap_0.3.3_all.deb and extracted in /root. Then I tried: =================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR=/root/usr/lib/debootstrap /root/usr/sbin/debootstrap --arch i386 sarge /mnt/hda3 http://http.us.debian.org/debian =================================================== However, first time, it failed at "Unpacking required packages...", but somehow, now (when I re-tried to see the error message) it works fine. My /etc/fstab looks like: =================================================== # file system mount point type options dump pass /dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults 0 1 /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 ro,nosuid,nodev 0 2 /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 =================================================== Then: =================================================== Knoppix:/# mount -a mount: special device /dev/hda1 does not exist =================================================== Finally: =================================================== Knoppix:/# apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: cramfsprogs dash initrd-tools module-init-tools Suggested packages: lilo grub kernel-doc-2.6.8 kernel-source-2.6.8 The following NEW packages will be installed: cramfsprogs dash initrd-tools kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 module-init-tools 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 15.7MB of archives. After unpacking 46.0MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org sarge/main dash 0.5.2-5 [83.0kB] Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org sarge/main module-init-tools 3.2-pre1-2 [73.1kB] Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org sarge/main cramfsprogs 1.1-6 [21.3kB] Get:4 http://http.us.debian.org sarge/main initrd-tools 0.1.81.1 [30.7kB] Get:5 http://http.us.debian.org sarge/main kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 2.6.8-16 [15.5MB] Fetched 15.7MB in 23s (662kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package dash. (Reading database ... 8056 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dash (from .../archives/dash_0.5.2-5_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package module-init-tools. Unpacking module-init-tools (from .../module-init-tools_3.2-pre1-2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package cramfsprogs. Unpacking cramfsprogs (from .../cramfsprogs_1.1-6_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package initrd-tools. Unpacking initrd-tools (from .../initrd-tools_0.1.81.1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686. Unpacking kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 (from .../kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686_2.6.8-16_i386.deb) ... You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 2.6.8-2-686) This will not work unless you have configured your boot loader to use initrd. (An initrd image is a kernel image that expects to use an INITial Ram Disk to mount a minimal root file system into RAM and use that for booting). As a reminder, in order to configure LILO, you need to add an 'initrd=/initrd.img' to the image=/vmlinuz stanza of your /etc/lilo.conf I repeat, You need to configure your boot loader -- please read your bootloader documentation for details on how to add initrd images. If you have already done so, and you wish to get rid of this message, please put "do_initrd = Yes" in /etc/kernel-img.conf. Note that this is optional, but if you do not, you will continue to see this message whenever you install a kernel image using initrd. Do you want to stop now? [Y/n]n Setting up dash (0.5.2-5) ... Setting up module-init-tools (3.2-pre1-2) ... Setting up cramfsprogs (1.1-6) ... Setting up initrd-tools (0.1.81.1) ... Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 (2.6.8-16) ... /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: device /dev/hda3 is not a block device Failed to create initrd image. dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9 Errors were encountered while processing: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 (2.6.8-16) ... /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: device /dev/hda1 is not a block device Failed to create initrd image. dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9 Errors were encountered while processing: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) =================================================== I tried do bunch of other things (for example, installing lilo separately or even installing the system on /dev/hda1 instead of /dev/hda3) but it didn't work either. My suspect is that there is no /dev/hda* somehow. =================================================== Knoppix:/# ls /dev MAKEDEV dsp1 loop4 midi1 port ram13 ram8 smpte1 agpgart dsp2 loop5 midi2 ppp ram14 ram9 smpte2 audio dsp3 loop6 midi3 ptmx ram15 random smpte3 audio1 full loop7 mixer pts ram16 rmidi0 sndstat audio2 initctl mem mixer1 ram ram2 rmidi1 tty audio3 kmem midi0 mixer2 ram0 ram3 rmidi2 tty0 audioctl loop0 midi00 mixer3 ram1 ram4 rmidi3 urandom console loop1 midi01 mpu401data ram10 ram5 sequencer xconsole core loop2 midi02 mpu401stat ram11 ram6 shm zero dsp loop3 midi03 null ram12 ram7 smpte0 =================================================== I tried to install makedev but it first tried to install kernel-image which failed, of course. Please let me get out of this mess. Thanks, - Zu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]