Package: installation-reports Boot method: Boot from netinst CD, used private mirror as source Image version: 2006-05-24, http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso Date: Wed May 24 08:48:25 CEST 2006
Machine: selfmade Shuttle SN41-G2 Processor: AMD athlign XP 2000+ Memory: 1GB Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred> Sorry, busyboxs df neither know -T nor -l; I guess that will do: ~ # fdisk -l [..] Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 34 273973+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 35 36481 292769527+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 35 1007 7815591 83 Linux /dev/hda6 1008 1337 2650693+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda7 1338 1386 393561 83 Linux /dev/hda8 1387 36481 281900556 83 Linux [..] /dev/hdc1 * 1 851 6835626 83 Linux /dev/hdc2 852 19457 149452695 5 Extended /dev/hdc5 852 1181 2650693+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hdc6 1182 19457 146801938+ 83 Linux ~ # mount [..] /dev/ide/host0/bus0/lun0/part1 on /target type ext3 (rw,data=ordered) /dev/ide/host0/bus1/lun0/part6 on /target/home type ext3 (rw,data=ordered) /dev/ide/host0/bus0/lun0/part8 on /target/pub type ext3 (rw,data=ordered) /dev/ide/host0/bus0/lun0/part7 on /target/tmp type ext3 (rw,data=ordered) /dev/ide/host0/bus0/lun0/part5 on /target/usr type ext3 (rw,data=ordered) [..] Output of lspci and lspci -n: [ Too lazy to type that from the monitor; not important anyway since the hardware is recognized ] 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: [O] Install base system: [E] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: What basically happend is the following: I got a new harddisc. I moved my old disc, with my old / and /home to /dev/hdc and to test the new installer and attached my new disc as /dev/hda. The installer booted up fine, and when asked I told him to use /dev/hda entirely for seperate partitions. Seeing the details of the proposed partioning, I made some changes, most notable I removed the partition intended for /var (I wanted to use my old root partition on /dev/hdc1 later for that). So /var resided on the rest of the /, which got only 300 MB, or so. The Rest of the story is easy: During tasksel, I told him to install a desktop system. After downloading 206 of 627 files to install, /var/cache/apt/archives became to big for that partition, and the progressbar stopped. I didn't got a warning, that my / was to small for /var, nor an error message, when the installation process coudln't continue. Okay, it's a clear user error, but it can't be called an error, without an proper error message, can it? ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
