Package: installation-reports Boot method: floppy Image version: June 1, 2006 Date: June 1, 2006 to June 7, 2006
Machine: Via chipset Processor: Intel 486 DX/4 Memory: 24 Mb Ram Partitions: Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 reiserfs 483756 278744 205012 58% / tmpfs tmpfs 10796 0 10796 0% /dev/shm tmpfs tmpfs 10796 44 10752 1% /dev Output of lspci and lspci -n: 0000:00:00.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C505 0000:00:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: Avance Logic Inc. [ALI] ALG2301 0000:00:00.0 0000: 1106:0505 0000:00:0a.0 0300: 1005:2301 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: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [E] Install boot loader: [E] Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: Downloaded the "testing" floppy images from ftp.se.debian.org. Modified the syslinux.cfg on boot.img to contain the following two lines at the top: SERIAL 0 9600 0x3 CONSOLE 0 and added "console=ttyS0,9600n8" to each of the "append" lines. This made install via null-modem cable work. Succeeded to load modules to do an ReiserFS root file system. Failed to install kernel and boot loader (the installer said the step failed - no particular reason). Had to install kernel and boot loader manually from a command prompt (chose "Execute shell" from installer). Transcript of problems during the manual install: -------------- sh-3.1# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.15-1-486_2.6.15-8_i386.d eb Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.15-1-486. (Reading database ... 7373 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 (from .../linux-image-2.6.15-1-486_2.6.15-8_i 386.deb) ... Could not find mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird. at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst line 236, <STDIN> line 9. Done. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6.15-1-486: linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 depends on initramfs-tools | yaird | linux-initramfs-t ool; however: Package initramfs-tools is not installed. Package yaird is not installed. Package linux-initramfs-tool is not installed. Package initramfs-tools which provides linux-initramfs-tool is not installed. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 sh-3.1# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/initramfs-tools_0.60_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package initramfs-tools. (Reading database ... 9388 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking initramfs-tools (from .../initramfs-tools_0.60_all.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools: initramfs-tools depends on udev (>= 0.076-5); however: Package udev is not installed. dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: initramfs-tools sh-3.1# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package udev. dpkg: regarding .../archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb containing udev: udev conflicts with hotplug hotplug (version 0.0.20040329-25) is installed. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb (--install) : conflicting packages - not installing udev Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb sh-3.1# dpkg -r hotplug (Reading database ... 9448 files and directories currently installed.) Removing hotplug ... sh-3.1# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb (Reading database ... 9422 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking udev (from .../archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb) ... ************************************************************** * Please purge the hotplug package! * (/etc/init.d/hotplug has been found on this system) ************************************************************** Setting up udev (0.091-2) ... A chroot environment has been detected, udev not started. sha1sum: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1-486: No such file or directory /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1-486 has been altered. Cannot update. sh-3.1# dpkg --purge hotplug (Reading database ... 9516 files and directories currently installed.) Removing hotplug ... Purging configuration files for hotplug ... sh-3.1# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb (Reading database ... 9484 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace udev 0.091-2 (using .../archives/udev_0.091-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement udev ... Setting up udev (0.091-2) ... A chroot environment has been detected, udev not started. ---------------------------------- Ran lilo before reboot. The reboot failed with a kernel panic as the default kernel did not have ReiserFS support built in. Had to manually add "initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1.486" to the lilo.conf file and run lilo again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]