Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 29th of April 2005 sarge-amd64-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux moca 2.6.8-11-amd64-generic #1 Wed May 4 20:03:43 UTC 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux Date: May 9th Method: boot from CD, network install, no proxy
Machine: custom built on top of a KMSI 8n Neo4 motherboard Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Memory: 1Go Root Device: SATA disk no RAID Root Size/partition table: moca:/home/jerome# fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 61 489951 83 Linux /dev/sda2 62 19457 155798370 5 Extended /dev/sda5 62 1034 7815591 83 Linux /dev/sda6 1035 1642 4883728+ 83 Linux /dev/sda7 1643 2019 3028221 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda8 2020 2141 979933+ 83 Linux /dev/sda9 2142 19457 139090738+ 83 Linux moca:/home/jerome# df -k Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 459143 67212 367434 16% / tmpfs 512048 0 512048 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda9 136906664 32880 129919248 1% /home /dev/sda8 918322 8244 861082 1% /tmp /dev/sda5 7692876 251616 7050484 4% /usr /dev/sda6 4807056 98408 4464464 3% /var Output of lspci and lspci -n: moca:/home/jerome# lspci 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) 0000:00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0059 (rev a2) 0000:00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0053 (rev a2) 0000:00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0054 (rev a3) 0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0055 (rev a3) 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) 0000:05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5b60 0000:05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5b70 moca:/home/jerome# lspci -n 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) 0000:00:04.0 0401: 10de:0059 (rev a2) 0000:00:06.0 0101: 10de:0053 (rev a2) 0000:00:07.0 0101: 10de:0054 (rev a3) 0000:00:08.0 0101: 10de:0055 (rev a3) 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) 0000:05:00.0 0300: 1002:5b60 0000:05:00.1 0380: 1002:5b70 Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [E] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [E] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [E] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: I searched for ISOs but as I couldn't find them on the official sites (http://amd64.debian.net/ http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/). Si I found them out on http://debian-amd64.madduck.net/ (now defunct) similar to http://ftp.ankara.edu.tr/debian-amd64/install-images/ My understanding is: there have been some changes in the way debian amd64 is distributed early this month, and the last built images are only available on the mirrors. They disappeared from the main site and the mirrors have propagated it, but some less fast to update mirrors still have it. Feel free to correct me if my understanding is wrong. So I've used expert mode with sarge-amd64-netinst.iso dated 29th of April. I encountered several problems: (W) * failure to load 3 ide related modules (ide-cd, ...). Not sure if this was the cause of my other issues. (E) * ethernet detection was failing. I found out that many modules for my kernel had not been correctly loaded. I.e. looking in /lib/modules/kernel/... many drivers were missing. I solved that by going udpkg -i /cdrom/pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-amd64-2.6/*2-6-8* and going back to the menu. From network detection was better, and even if the network card wasn't automatically detected, forcing the load of the forcedeth driver fixed it. * I manually formatted my disk because I didn't like the partition size. Maybe there could be a non-graphical server option for partitionning the disk (because amd64 may require to have both 32 and 64 bits libraries and should probably require more space for /usr) (E) * manualy setting up the mirror. First I didn't find the option. As the mirror setup dialog auto-selected my country, the first option (manually enter the mirror) wasn't on the screen. Debian-installer should maybe use a different way to manually select mirror. Second being able to enter the exact apt line might be more practical than splitting protocol, host, ... (E) * manually setting up the mirror. For some reason the mirror I set up here wasn't taken into account later on in the 'make the base install' step. I checked the logs (and the Release file was correctly wget'ed and parsed) and the code of choose-mirror.c as well as the debconf files in /target/var/lib/cdebconf/ but I still don't understand what happened. * because of the mirror selection failure, I had 2 problems: (E) * at some point the base install installs a kernel. It proposes different choices. After making the selection, the install failed by not finding the initrd-tools package. I solved that by when being questioned, open a shell, chroot into /target, modify /etc/apt/sources.list (add the mirror entry [1]) do an apt-update, apt-upgrade and go on with the install (E) * the install worked but then the kernel ended up not booting. I looked at the boot message but it went too fast and the systemed panicked by not being able to mount the root FS 'cannot open root dev "sda1" or unknown block(0,0)'. (see also [2]). As I couldn't read the messages I assumed the kernel was wrongly installed. I looked at /lib and /lib64 and they didn't contain any modules. I then tried to fix the install by adding all modules (reboot from d-installer, chroot, dpkg -i /cdrom/pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-amd64-2.6/*2-6-8*) but this didn't solve the problem. So I replaced the d-i kernel with an official one from the site (I now use 2.6.8-11-amd64-generic). This solved my boot problems. [1] http://amd64.debian.net/README.mirrors.html [2] I had found someone with the same problem as me (http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/02/msg00567.html). His solution (problem #2) was: http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/02/msg00808.html, i.e. use a newer debian installer. In my case I was already using the latest I could find. But for sarge not sid. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
