Bug#296923: Installation Report: Sarge Netinst with base rc2 ISO

[Eric White]

Dear Debian,

further to my last, I have discovered that my J-542B motherboard has blown a 
couple of capacitors, perhaps in collusion with a dodgy power supply.  I have 
replaced it with a Soyo EH5H, and the installation proceeded very smoothly.  
Partman still does not correctly recognize one of my disk's existing Windows 
partitions, but since I installed to a different disk, this did not prevent 
the installation.

Prior to replacing my motherboard, I was seeing ever-more-unpredictable 
behaviour from my system, so I am not convinced a bug actually existed.

Thank you,

Eric White.


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Bug#296923: Installation Report: Sarge Netinst with base rc2 ISO

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Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: Sarge Netinst with base rc2, 24 Feb 05, 
mirror.direct.ca? 
uname -a: Linux phew 2.4.29 #1 Sat Feb 12 21:09:41 PST 2005 i586 unknown
Date: 1000hrs Pacific, 25 Feb 05
Method: From CDROM 

Machine: Generic Tower 
Processor: AMD K6-II 500MHz
Memory: 192 MB
Root Device: IDE Maxtor DiamondMax10 200GB, 8MB Cache, 7200rpm
Root Size/partition table: Partition Table not read by installer.  Approx 
10MB /boot, 1 GB swap, 20GB / and 178GB /home
Output of lspci and lspci -n:

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: [ O]

Comments/Problems:

Note that uname above is the system I'm writing you from, a Woody 
installation with later kernel.  The initial boot-up and autodetect sequences 
went very well.  Unfortunately, the partition table was not read by the 
partitioner, and the reported size of the disk was still at the 137GB limit.  
I did not understand the /dev structure to successfully use 
fdisk/cfdisk/sfdisk at the shell prompt.  Since I have already used the disk 
at apparently full capacity with an installation of Woody r2 using kernels 
2.4.29 and 2.4.20, I suspect a problem with the installer's partitioner or 
disk-recognizer.  However, my Woody system has not been stable using this 
disk so I can't rule out a hardware problem.


Thank you for all your work, the new installer looks great.  If you can give 
me any pointers on this problem, I'd appreciate it.

Yours,

Eric White


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