Bug#300913: d-i Installation report: Device nodes not created

2005-03-25 Thread Tobias Klauser 
I know it's rather unusual people have that many partitions on one
disk. But it forces some kind of IMO unecessary policy onto the user
and additionaly the user isn't notified about this behaviour (At least
I wasn't). I as a new user to Debian would expect to get all my
partitions I see while partitioning the system in the d-i also present
in the installed system afterwards.


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Bug#300913: d-i Installation report: Device nodes not created

2005-03-24 Thread Joey Hess 
reassign 300913 makedev
tag 300913 d-i
thanks

Tobias Klauser wrote:
Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   1   3   24066   a0  IBM Thinkpad
hibernation
/dev/hda2   4  93  722925   82  Linux swap / 
 Solaris
/dev/hda3  949733774333005  Extended
/dev/hda5   *  94 102   72261   83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda6 103 406 2441848+  83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda7 4071014 4883728+  83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda810151209 1566306   83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda912101574 2931831   83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda10   15751939 2931831   83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda11   19401951   96358+  83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda12   19522680 5855661   83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda13   26812826 1172713+  83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda14   28273324 4000153+  83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda15   3325   72261   83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda16   33344018 5502231   83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda17   40194267 261   83  Linux (Other 
 Distri)
/dev/hda18   42684279   96358+  83  Linux (Debian 
 /boot)
/dev/hda19   42804644 2931831   83  Linux (Debian /)
/dev/hda20   46455373 5855661   83  Linux (Debian /usr)
/dev/hda21   53745616 1951866   83  Linux (Debian /var)
/dev/hda22   7867973314996646   83  Linux (/home)

Whee!

 After installing the base system from the CD image stated above, the installer
 rebooted the system without any problem. But when the newly installed Debian
 system started it complained about partions not being mounted.
 
 I hunted down the problem to the following: During installation only /dev/hda1
 thru /dev/hda20 are created. /dev/hda21 and /dev/hda22 are missing (see my
 partitioning scheme above) As a consequence of this my Debian /var and /home
 could not be mounted on the reboot after installation.

I'm reassigning this to makedev, as it's ultimatly the default set of
devices it puts in /dev/ that is used by the installer, and that stops
as hda20.

I note that bug #146611 has been open for years and tagged wontfix
regarding the same problem. Perhaps having another report of this, on
another architecture will change Bdale's mind.

Bdale: If you're not going to fix this, please reassign it back to d-i
so we can put in some nasty hack that checks the target system's fstab
and tries to create any missing /dev/ entries.. Perhaps such a hack
would be a good idea in general.

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see shy jo


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Bug#300913: d-i Installation report: Device nodes not created

2005-03-22 Thread Tobias Klauser 
Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: rc2
uname -a: Linux argon 2.6.8-1-686 #1 Thu Nov 25 04:34:30 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2005/02/18 (date of installation, sorry for the delay)
Method: netinst CD image, with Debian base

Machine: HP Omnibook XE3 GF
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 1066MHz (i686)
Memory: 377676 kB
Root Device: /dev/hda IDE
Root Size/partition table:

Output of fdisk follows:

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
   /dev/hda1   1   3   24066   a0  IBM Thinkpad
   hibernation
   /dev/hda2   4  93  722925   82  Linux swap / Solaris
   /dev/hda3  949733774333005  Extended
   /dev/hda5   *  94 102   72261   83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda6 103 406 2441848+  83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda7 4071014 4883728+  83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda810151209 1566306   83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda912101574 2931831   83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda10   15751939 2931831   83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda11   19401951   96358+  83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda12   19522680 5855661   83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda13   26812826 1172713+  83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda14   28273324 4000153+  83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda15   3325   72261   83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda16   33344018 5502231   83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda17   40194267 261   83  Linux (Other Distri)
   /dev/hda18   42684279   96358+  83  Linux (Debian /boot)
   /dev/hda19   42804644 2931831   83  Linux (Debian /)
   /dev/hda20   46455373 5855661   83  Linux (Debian /usr)
   /dev/hda21   53745616 1951866   83  Linux (Debian /var)
   /dev/hda22   7867973314996646   83  Linux (/home)

Output of lspci and lspci -n:
$ lspci
:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03)
:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics 
Controller] (rev 03)
:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics 
Controller]
:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 41)
:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 01)
:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 01)
:02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A 
IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
:02:02.0 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2838/2839 SuperLink 
Modem (rev 01)
:02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 
12)
:02:04.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
:02:04.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) 
Ethernet Controller (rev 41)

$ lspci -n
:00:00.0 0600: 8086:3575 (rev 03)
:00:02.0 0300: 8086:3577 (rev 03)
:00:02.1 0380: 8086:3577
:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2482 (rev 01)
:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2484 (rev 01)
:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:2487 (rev 01)
:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 41)
:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:248c (rev 01)
:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:248a (rev 01)
:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:2483 (rev 01)
:02:00.0 0c00: 104c:8023
:02:02.0 0780: 125d:2838 (rev 01)
:02:03.0 0401: 125d:1988 (rev 12)
:02:04.0 0607: 1217:6933 (rev 01)
:02:04.1 0607: 1217:6933 (rev 01)
:02:08.0 0200: 8086:1031 (rev 41)

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:  [O]
Create file systems:[O]
Mount partitions:   [E]
Install base system:[O]
Install boot loader:[O]
Reboot: [O]

Comments/Problems:

Preliminary note: I already installed three other distros on this computer
because I'm using it to test different distros. hda5 through hda17 are used by
these. hda22 is shared as /home between all the distros.

After installing the base system from the CD image stated above, the installer