package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/20040718/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux swish 2.4.26-1-386 #2 Sat May 1 16:31:24 EST 2004 i686 unkown Date: Mon Jul 19 22:29:13 EST 2004 Method: downloaded image from above website, and ran the installer Machine: desktop Processor: athlonXP 1.6Ghz Memory: 256Mb Root Device: IDE seagate (x2) Root Size/partition table: see description
-ommited check boxes- I have detailed my problem at: <http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~saraf/debian-install.html> I'll paste it below for your convenience: Problems with the debian (sarge) installer I have a new 160Gb hard disk. I wanted to put debian on the first 20GB of it (8GB /home, 12GB /), and have the rest as a big fat32 partition for backup purposes. I first tried using the sarge installer, and found it couldn't see more than 137GB of my 160GB drive, but I went ahead and partitioned anyway. I finished the base install, putting grub in (hd1,0). I have another disk in the computer which has FreeBSD and windows-XP on it. The FreeBSD loader was unable to boot from (hd1,0). It told me to "PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT" when i choose that disk. I thought I'd start the process again, this time putting grub in the MBR of hd1. Before I did so, I booted into windows, and had a look at the partition table. It was as the debian installer had made it. I took the opportunity to format the 20GB at the end of the disk as a fat32 partition. I then rebooted, and inserted the sarge installer disk again. When I got to the partitioning section of the install process again, I noticed that the installer couldn't read my partition table at all. It just showed a 137Gb disk that was all Free Space. To verify things, I booted into windows again, and the partition table was fine. This is where I'm at now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]