Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 2006-04-04 from http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r1/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r1a-i386-businesscard.iso uname -a: Linux debian.example.com 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Tue Aug 16 13:22:48 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 2006-04-04 14:29:01 EDT Method: booted from the CD-ROM, used 'linux26' from the boot prompt. Mirror from http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian Machine: HP ML370 G3 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1266MHz Memory: MemTotal: 1816820 kB Root Device: SCSI RAID, /dev/cciss/c0d0 Root Size/partition table: major minor #blocks name 104 0 17780640 cciss/c0d0 104 1 273073 cciss/c0d0p1 104 2 1 cciss/c0d0p2 104 5 4883728 cciss/c0d0p5 104 6 2931831 cciss/c0d0p6 104 7 1180746 cciss/c0d0p7 104 8 393561 cciss/c0d0p8 104 9 8112793 cciss/c0d0p9 Output of lspci and lspci -n: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 23) 0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01) 0000:00:00.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01) 0000:00:00.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01) 0000:00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) 0000:00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) 0000:00:06.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Advanced System Management Controller 0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 51) 0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks OSB4 IDE Controller 0000:07:03.0 RAID bus controller: Compaq Computer Corporation Smart Array 5300 Controller (rev 02) 0000:07:07.0 PCI Hot-plug controller: Compaq Computer Corporation PCI Hotplug Controller (rev 12) 0000:00:00.0 0600: 1166:0008 (rev 23) 0000:00:00.1 0600: 1166:0008 (rev 01) 0000:00:00.2 0600: 1166:0006 (rev 01) 0000:00:00.3 0600: 1166:0006 (rev 01) 0000:00:02.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08) 0000:00:05.0 0300: 1002:4752 (rev 27) 0000:00:06.0 0880: 0e11:a0f0 0000:00:0f.0 0601: 1166:0200 (rev 51) 0000:00:0f.1 0101: 1166:0211 0000:07:03.0 0104: 0e11:b060 (rev 02) 0000:07:07.0 0804: 0e11:a0f7 (rev 12) 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: [O] Install boot loader: [E] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: There was an error installing grub to the boot sector of the SCSI RAID (/dev/cciss/c0d0). I tried LILO instead, and that worked on the first try. The complete error with grub was (accepting all the defaults): Apr 4 14:44:01 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '(hd0)' Apr 4 14:44:01 grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy Apr 4 14:44:01 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target /sbin/grub-install --recheck --no-floppy " (hd0)" Apr 4 14:44:09 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --recheck --no-floppy "(hd0)"' failed. Apr 4 14:44:48 main-menu[504]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1 Apr 4 14:44:48 main-menu[504]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed. I tried specifying the SCSI RAID by device, but that also failed: Apr 4 14:47:28 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/cciss/c0d0' Apr 4 14:47:28 grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy Apr 4 14:47:28 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target /sbin/grub-install --recheck --no-floppy " /dev/cciss/c0d0" Apr 4 14:47:36 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --recheck --no-floppy "/dev/cciss/c0d0"' failed. Apr 4 14:47:38 main-menu[504]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1 Apr 4 14:47:38 main-menu[504]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed. I installed LILO into the boot sector, which worked just fine. I've been increasingly pleased with Debian's installer. I was able to get a system with *very* minimal packages installed in about an hour, on a machine that I had never worked with before. I was worried about the RAID, but it was detected and used automagically (except for the above weirdness). The auto partitioner is one of my favorite new additions, as that was always a step that took some manual computation. Thanks Debian :-) Install logs and other status info is available in /var/log/debian-installer/. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]