This bug seams caused by parted detecting loop instead of msdos
partition table. As a result the user sees only one partition occupying
the whole disk. I reported this but to parted as #259248.
Anton Zinoviev
On 17.V.2004 at 03:45 (+0200) Jens Ruehmkorf wrote:
Debian-installer-version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux ernst 2.4.25-1-386 #2 Wed Apr 14 19:38:08 EST 2004 i686
unknown
Date: Sun May 16 23:30:39 CEST 2004
Method: expert26 vga=771
Machine: Sony Laptop PCG-GR214MK
Processor: Intel Pentium III Mobile CPU 1000 Mhz
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: HITACHI_DK23CA-20, root is on
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part8
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/discs/disc0/disc: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 * 1 747 60002467
HPFS/NTFS
/dev/discs/disc0/part2 748243213534762+ 5
Extended
/dev/discs/disc0/part5 7481187 3534268+ 6 FAT16
/dev/discs/disc0/part611881191 32098+ 83 Linux
/dev/discs/disc0/part711921315 995998+ 82
Linux swap
/dev/discs/disc0/part813161331 128488+ 83 Linux
/dev/discs/disc0/part913322432 8843751 8e
Linux LVM
Output of lspci: not available at this point of install
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:[ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system:[ ]
Install boot loader:[ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
This is my 2nd try of Debians beta4, the last time everything worked out
just fine. Now I'm having problems getting partman to work for my
laptop, so I'd be really glad for some hints. I didn't try any of the
daily builds yet.
My problems should be rather easy to fix, I suppose, so I'm glad for any
hints/pointers.
1. What went wrong:
I used expert vga=771 to boot. And, besides the usb-floppy, all
modules to access and set up my hardware were available.
This is what mount said:
-- snip --
tmpfs on / type tmpfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devfs on /dev type devfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
-- snap --
I couldn't get partman to work, so I used console and
# cfdisk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
to partition the harddrive. Simply typing cfdisk would produce this:
-- snip --
FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive
Press any key to exit cfdisk
-- snap --
But by using cfdisk the lvm-tools everything was set up as needed.
Only partman fails to read the (old or new) existing partition table or
to continue. When starting Partition disks from the main-menu, he
finds all volume groups, as well as the harddrive:
That means in /var/lib/partman/devices/ are all devices partman found
(hitachi is the name of the volume group I used):
-- snip --
=dev=hitachi=export
=dev=hitachi=home
=dev=hitachi=usr
=dev=hitachi=var
=dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
-- snap --
2. What I would like to do:
Since I have set up everything I simply need to make the directories in
/target properly, mount them (at least /?), put a correct fstab in
/target/etc/fstab and continue with Install the base system. I tried a
little and read some shell-scripts, but didn't get thus far.
Can somebody please point me the right direction?
I wanted to checkout d-i through svn to dig a little deeper, but:
-- snip --
aselitz[~/d-i] date
Mon May 17 02:26:58 CEST 2004
baselitz[~/d-i] svn co svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/trunk debian-installer
svn: Berkeley DB error while opening environment for filesystem /svn/d-i/db:
Permission denied
-- snap --
So I had to unpack some .debs from the cd-rom to look into this. But
this became a real PITA after a while.
3. Addendum: some impressions on d-i:
Keep up the great work! Besides some problems with partman it makes a
great impression on me. For partman I still find the menu a little bit
confusing, but that might just be me being silly.
* Several times hardware had to be detect. A button to mark/unmark all
drivers to detect at once and maybe additionally grouping them would be
nice.
* Several times I found the Go Back-button a bit confusing: instead
of simply continuing by hitting return, I used to tab to Go Back,
altering all changes I had made. Maybe it would be nice to provide a
button Continue, which is marked as
