On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:33:47AM +0200, Fabio Bizzi wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I've tried for a full week-end to install debian sarge 3.1r0a onto an HP > C200 but the machine wins! :( > > My C200 has 256MB Ram, console on serial and a new HD, a 36GB Quantum > Atlas 10K II HP branded. > > Installation media are sarge CD "NetInst" plus both dvd of sarge 3.1r0a > loaded on a laptop and published via http. > > Installation goes fine (after a couple of tricks included the increased > ramdisk size), partitioning was made using the default "erase all disk" > and "all files in one partition" - parted does not complain. > At the end the new system boot correctly and base-config runs fine (also > if the installed kernel is the smp version and no the single cpu version). > > When TaskSel starts I check all the options except the last (manual > package selection) and download starts correctly and ends without troubles. > > In the installation phase after a while I get the following error: > > Setting up libxml2 (2.6.16-7) ... > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=3221858888, limit=69352542
I've no idea what's wrong. Those numbers are in untis of 512 bytes, so the limit value looks reasonable for a 36G disk. I have no SCSI disks that big so if the issue is somehow related to large partitions I wouldn't see it. Presuably sda5 is your root filesystem; does the output of "df -h /" look sensible, or is the size shown as much bigger than the partition? What happens if during install you specify a partition size of, say, 8G for / and leave the remaining 28G or so unused? Richard > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=3222907464, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=1078569544, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=2152307272, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=1075948104, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=2149685832, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=3226577480, limit=69352542 > attempt to access beyond end of device > sda5: rw=0, want=100992856, limit=69352542 > > > I've looked into the syslog, message and dmesg but no scsi or other > strange errors found! > > I've tried with both 64 and 32 bit kernel, with ext2, ext3 and XFS for > the root filesystem (XFS complain with strange behaviuor, but was late > when I tried and I was very tired so I have to check again... ;) ) but > always the same error (with ext3 the error was similar but with the > immediate re-mount in read only mode of the root partition). > > Now I am in a deadlock, any clue is welcome! (except the throwing of the > C200 to the garbage bin! ;) ) > > Thank you. > > Ciao. > > Fabio. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
