Tags 361180 moreinfo thanks On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 12:23:00AM -0400, Jack Carroll wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > Debian-installer-version: www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer 2006-0406 > daily build > uname -a: Not available. Boot failed. > Date: 20060406 1800 > Method: <How did you install? Network, with 3C905 card, DHCP > What did you boot off? Floppies > If network install, from where? ftp.us.debian.org Proxied? No> > > Install command was: > expert hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false
What is the reason for using 'expert'? Please try install26 hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false or just install26 > > Machine: HP Vectra VL > Processor: Pentium 2 > Memory: 128 MB > Root Device: /dev/hda2 > Root Size/partition table: > / /dev/hda2 5 GB > /var /dev/hda6 3 GB > /usr/local /dev/hda8 1 GB > swap /dev/hda9 512 MB > /data /dev/hda10 54 GB Here I miss /dev/hda1 Any idea where that partition went? [ Output of lspci: ] > Base System Installation Checklist: <snip/> > Install boot loader: [O] > Reboot: [E] > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > Comments/Problems: > > FIRST RUN: > At reboot, the GRUB screen listed only "Other operating systems", > showing the kernel previously installed in /dev/hda1. It didn't list the > newly installed kernel. > Booted the previously installed system in /dev/hda1 (Debian Sarge, > kernel 2.6.8-686). Mounted /dev/hda2 and examined /boot on that partition. > No kernel, initrd, or System.map files present, only a grub directory. The > progress bars said it was installing the kernel, but it's not there. Mmm, interresting. The rare case of upgrading a Debian system by a re-install. (the usual way to get from Debian Sarge to Debian Etch is editting /etc/apt/sources.list and then apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade ) Anyway, we still have the Sarge system to invest this situation. Please provide the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda > > > During install: [ Selected .... ] > > > SECOND RUN: [ Selected .... ] > > Same result as before. Also checked /var and /tmp. Empty. Grepped the > whole partition for vmlinuz. Not there. Please describe the selections during partitioning. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]