Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: 8.3 amd64 netinstall
Date: March 2016
Machine: custom built
Processor: amd A10 7850k
Memory: 8gb
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
pax:/home/josh# df -Tl
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use%
Mounted on
/dev/sda7 ext4 1042041924 170045856 861391824 17% /
udev devtmpfs 10240 0 10240 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1410916 9480 1401436 1% /run
tmpfs tmpfs 3527288 1516 3525772 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 3527288 0 3527288 0%
/sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1 vfat 191551 22685 168867 12% /boot/efi
/dev/mapper/_dev_sda5 ext4 216143892 62152000 153975508 29%
/home/josh
tmpfs tmpfs 705460 24 705436 1%
/run/user/1000
/dev/mapper/_dev_sda6 ext4 168082544 30673920 137392240 19%
/home/heike
tmpfs tmpfs 705460 12 705448 1%
/run/user/1001
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
pax:/home/josh# lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family
15h (Models 30h-3fh) Processor Root Complex [1022:1422]
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
00:00.2 IOMMU [0806]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
(Models 30h-3fh) I/O Memory Management Unit [1022:1423]
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
[AMD/ATI] Kaveri [Radeon R7 Graphics] [1002:130f]
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
Kaveri HDMI/DP Audio Controller [1002:1308]
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device
[1022:1424]
00:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device
[1022:1424]
00:03.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
(Models 30h-3fh) Processor Root Port [1022:1426]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:03.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
(Models 30h-3fh) Processor Root Port [1022:1426]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:04.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device
[1022:1424]
00:10.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH
USB XHCI Controller [1022:7814] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:10.1 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH
USB XHCI Controller [1022:7814] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH
SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7801] (rev 40)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH
USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH
USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH
USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH
USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus
Controller [1022:780b] (rev 16)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH
Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:d721]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC
Bridge [1022:780e] (rev 11)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI
Bridge [1022:780f] (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH
USB OHCI Controller [1022:7809] (rev 11)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family
15h (Models 30h-3fh) Processor Function 0 [1022:141a]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family
15h (Models 30h-3fh) Processor Function 1 [1022:141b]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family
15h (Models 30h-3fh) Processor Function 2 [1022:141c]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family
15h (Models 30h-3fh) Processor Function 3 [1022:141d]
Kernel driver in use: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family
15h (Models 30h-3fh) Processor Function 4 [1022:141e]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family
15h (Models 30h-3fh) Processor Function 5 [1022:141f]
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168]
(rev 0c)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
02:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720202 USB
3.0 Host Controller [1912:0015] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7721]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [0]
Detect network card: [0]
Configure network: [0]
Detect CD: [0]
Load installer modules: [0]
Detect hard drives: [0]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Install base system: [0]
Clock/timezone setup: [0]
User/password setup: [0]
Install tasks: [0]
Install boot loader: [E]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:
After installation system was not bootable.
During the installation it said that it had detected that I had UEFI
booted the installation CD and proposed to make an EFI boot partion
which I accepted. However, after installation, Debian wasn't bootable. I
tracked the cause down to the fact that even though it said it was
installing a UEFI bootable system, the hard drive was still formatted
with an MBR, which is not UEFI boot compatible. There seemed to be no
option for selecting/forcing gpt partitioning. Using a rescue cd and
converting the MBR to a gpt and then reinstalling grub-uefi solved the
problem without having to reinstall the system.
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
Except for this, the installation was very smooth, but this one problem
unfortunately cost my a couple hours of frustration and several
re-installs until I figured out what was wrong.
It would seem to me that if the installer detects an uefi booted system
and is installing an efi boot partition then it should automatically
partition with a gpt and not an mbr.
cheers,
Josh
