Package: installation-reports Boot method: netinst CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso Date: July 18 2006
Machine: custom built by myself, MSI MS-7025 / K8N Neo2 Platinum, Nforce3 250Gb chipset Processor: Athlon64 3200 Memory: 1GB Partitions: NOTE - one of the problems I have is that the partition table seems to be corrupted! NOTE2 - I have windows, Debian Etch AMD64, and I tried to install Debian Etch x86. The only partition for the x86 install is /dev/sda7. Disk /dev/sda: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 5 40131 83 Linux /dev/sda2 6 12163 97659135 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 12164 36481 195334335 5 Extended /dev/sda5 12164 24141 96213253+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda6 24142 36299 97659103+ 83 Linux /dev/sda7 36300 36481 1461883+ 83 Linux sda1 - /boot for Etch AMD64 sda2 - C: for WXP SP2 sda5 - D:, FAT32 so it can be written from WXP and Linux sda6 - / for Etch AMD64 sda7 - / for Etch x86 (this is the install I have trouble with) Output of lspci and lspci -n: [EMAIL PROTECTED] lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e1 (rev a1) 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e0 (rev a2) 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e4 (rev a1) 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) 0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e8 (rev a2) 0000:00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00df (rev a2) 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ea (rev a1) 0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e5 (rev a2) 0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ee (rev a2) 0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e2 (rev a2) 0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ed (rev a2) 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 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34GL [Quadro FX 500] (rev a1) 0000:02:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) 0000:02:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) lspci -n 0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:00e1 (rev a1) 0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:00e0 (rev a2) 0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:00e4 (rev a1) 0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1) 0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1) 0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:00e8 (rev a2) 0000:00:05.0 0680: 10de:00df (rev a2) 0000:00:06.0 0401: 10de:00ea (rev a1) 0000:00:08.0 0101: 10de:00e5 (rev a2) 0000:00:09.0 0101: 10de:00ee (rev a2) 0000:00:0b.0 0604: 10de:00e2 (rev a2) 0000:00:0e.0 0604: 10de:00ed (rev a2) 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 0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:032b (rev a1) 0000:02:0c.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 46) 0000:02:0d.0 0200: 10ec:8169 (rev 10) 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: [E ] Create file systems: [O ] Mount partitions: [O ] Install base system: [O ] Install boot loader: [E ] Reboot: [E ] Comments/Problems: I'm not certain exactly where the problem is. Here's what I did and what happened. what I did: -boot etch beta 2 netinst image, hit enter at boot prompt -manual partition -erase existing swap partition, set type ext3, mount at /, format. -install -do NOT install bootloader (already have one, I'll add this partition) -complete remaining 1 or 2 steps -once the computer rebooted, I hit the power button - I had other things to do ---------------- Later -boot computer, partition table not recognized -use windows install disk to fix MBR, partition table still corrupt. The computer is set up so that when it boots, it first runs the windows boot menu, and from there I can choose the "Linux" item to run GRUB. I used bootpart, http://winimage.com/bootpart.htm, to add linux to the windows boot.ini. Could this confuse the installer?! I'm proceding with extreme caution. The partition table is good enough for both Windows Repair Console and for fdisk/cfdisk, yet it's not good enough for the BIOS to boot the disk. The only thing that should've changed with the partition table is the type of /dev/sda7 - it went from swap to ext3. I did not delete or resize the partition. I'm installing a 32bit version of Debian because of a program which does not work on 64bit machines. It requires hard real-time (RTAI), which apparently does not work under 64-bit yet. Mark __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
