Re: ASUS - K8N-E Deluxe Install Report (using /debian-installer/2005-03-24)
(snip) Another thing that is a bit annoying, and that may be due to my own lack of knowledge, is the boot utility (either grub or lilo) which doesn't do what I would like it to. I was usually starting another OS on /dev/sda1, with the Bios boot device being the associated SATA disk. I started installing debian on a PATA disk, at /dev/hda1, and I changed the boot sequence in the BIOS to go for IDE0 as primary disk. The installer does detect that there's another OS installed, and puts it in the boot menu, but trying to start it form the boot loader doesn't work. Of course, if I revert to having the SATA disk as primary boot from the Bios I can boot on /dev/sda1 - but I can't boot my debian, of course. I did that because I didn't want the boot loader to mess up with the other OS (which I cannot afford to lose) but that was certainly a bad idea. I'd appreciate any thought on the subject. Here is the automatic grub generated menu.lst I'm not sure about the (hd1,0) # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/sda1 title Microsoft Windows XP Professional root(hd1,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 Well since windows thinks it is on hardisk 0, partition 0 in it's boot.ini, it won't boot this way unless you do mapping of the drives too. The installer has no way to know that. If you had NOT changed the drive order before installing and had installed the boot loader to the MBR of the windows drive, everything should just have worked. Changing drive orders around on a system already in use is simply asking for trouble since you will for sure confuse the boot loaders already installed. You have to decide what drive is going to be the boot drive, and then install the whole system with the drives in those positions. If you don't want to reinstall windows, you have to leave it as it was when windows was installed, and then install linux with the drives in that position. Len Sorensen On Mar 30, 2005 10:07 AM, Remi Butaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks very much for the information, I suspected something along these lines. The reason I didn't install it with the same boot order was to have a free check to do anything with the linux install and the boot loaders, and I didn't want to hurt the windows partition. As I am running trials with the installer, it doesn't matter that much at this point (as I'm like erasing and reinstalling debian every other day), but I'll now do it properly :) Thank you again, I am grateful that there are people willing to spend the time to educate me. Best regards, I got to the end of this: Changing or not the order with the BIOS was irrelevant, because windows wants to be on the first disk, and grub did install itself on the PATA disk's MBR. Quite the funny thing. I suppose it doesn't want the SATA disk to be the first one if there's a PATA. Anyways, the grub information gave me the answer here's the config file (not the default one) title Microsoft Windows XP Professional root(hd1,0) savedefault map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) makeactive chainloader +1 This works and makes the windows boot loader think it is the first disk drive, and presto, it works! I just have had to edit the BIOS so that the first boot device is the PATA disk, and all works fine, linux and windows. I thought I could share the happy ending :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ASUS - K8N-E Deluxe Install Report (using /debian-installer/2005-03-24)
Thanks very much for the information, I suspected something along these lines. The reason I didn't install it with the same boot order was to have a free check to do anything with the linux install and the boot loaders, and I didn't want to hurt the windows partition. As I am running trials with the installer, it doesn't matter that much at this point (as I'm like erasing and reinstalling debian every other day), but I'll now do it properly :) Thank you again, I am grateful that there are people willing to spend the time to educate me. Best regards, Remi Butaud On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:23:26 -0500, Lennart Sorensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 03:19:02PM +0200, Remi Butaud wrote: Debian-installer-version: http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/debian-installer/2005-03-24/monolithic/mini.iso uname -a: Linux owl 2.6.8-10-amd64-k8 #1 Tue Mar 15 17:25:19 CET 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux Date: March - 27, 2005 Method: netinstall from ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/debian-amd64/pure64 testing main contrib non-f ree and http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 testing main contrib non-free (some packages were not available from the switch mirror or the network was choppy) Machine: Custom machine, Asus K8N-E Deluxe Motherboard Processor: AMD64 3200+ Memory: 2x512 MB Cordair Xmms Root Device: IDE : /dev/hda1 (secondary devices on /dev/sda /dev/sdb : sata) Root Size/partition table: # file system mount point type options dump pass proc/proc procdefaults0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda6 /home ext3defaults0 2 /dev/hda7 /linux32ext3defaults0 2 /dev/hda8 /windowsvfatdefaults0 2 /dev/hda5 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hdc/media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdd/media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0/media/floppy0 autorw,user,noauto 0 0 Note : the SATA disks are not mounted yet (WinXP) (mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /xproot does the trick) Output of lspci and lspci -n: lspci :00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e1 (rev a1) :00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e0 (rev a2) :00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e4 (rev a1) :00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) :00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) :00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e8 (rev a2) :00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00df (rev a2) :00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e5 (rev a2) :00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e3 (rev a2) :00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e2 (rev a2) :00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ed (rev a2) :00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge :00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge :00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge :00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] :01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary) :02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03) :02:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 03) :02:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port :02:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) :02:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) lspci -n lspci -n :00:00.0 0600: 10de:00e1 (rev a1) :00:01.0 0601: 10de:00e0 (rev a2) :00:01.1 0c05: 10de:00e4 (rev a1) :00:02.0 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1) :00:02.1 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1) :00:02.2 0c03: 10de:00e8 (rev a2) :00:05.0 0680: 10de:00df (rev a2) :00:08.0 0101: 10de:00e5 (rev a2) :00:0a.0 0101: 10de:00e3 (rev a2) :00:0b.0 0604: 10de:00e2 (rev a2) :00:0e.0 0604: 10de:00ed (rev a2) :00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100 :00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101 :00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102 :00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103 :01:00.0 0300: 1002:4e48 :01:00.1 0380: 1002:4e68 :02:09.0 0401: 1102:0004 (rev 03) :02:09.1 0980: 1102:7003 (rev 03) :02:09.2 0c00: 1102:4001 :02:0b.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 80) :02:0c.0 0104: 1095:3114 (rev 02) Base System Installation Checklist
ASUS - K8N-E Deluxe Install Report (using /debian-installer/2005-03-24)
Debian-installer-version: http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/debian-installer/2005-03-24/monolithic/mini.iso uname -a: Linux owl 2.6.8-10-amd64-k8 #1 Tue Mar 15 17:25:19 CET 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux Date: March - 27, 2005 Method: netinstall from ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/debian-amd64/pure64 testing main contrib non-f ree and http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 testing main contrib non-free (some packages were not available from the switch mirror or the network was choppy) Machine: Custom machine, Asus K8N-E Deluxe Motherboard Processor: AMD64 3200+ Memory: 2x512 MB Cordair Xmms Root Device: IDE : /dev/hda1 (secondary devices on /dev/sda /dev/sdb : sata) Root Size/partition table: # file system mount point type options dump pass proc/proc procdefaults0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda6 /home ext3defaults0 2 /dev/hda7 /linux32ext3defaults0 2 /dev/hda8 /windowsvfatdefaults0 2 /dev/hda5 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hdc/media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdd/media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0/media/floppy0 autorw,user,noauto 0 0 Note : the SATA disks are not mounted yet (WinXP) (mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /xproot does the trick) Output of lspci and lspci -n: lspci :00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e1 (rev a1) :00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e0 (rev a2) :00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e4 (rev a1) :00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) :00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) :00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e8 (rev a2) :00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00df (rev a2) :00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e5 (rev a2) :00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e3 (rev a2) :00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e2 (rev a2) :00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ed (rev a2) :00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge :00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge :00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge :00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] :01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary) :02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03) :02:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 03) :02:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port :02:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) :02:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) lspci -n lspci -n :00:00.0 0600: 10de:00e1 (rev a1) :00:01.0 0601: 10de:00e0 (rev a2) :00:01.1 0c05: 10de:00e4 (rev a1) :00:02.0 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1) :00:02.1 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1) :00:02.2 0c03: 10de:00e8 (rev a2) :00:05.0 0680: 10de:00df (rev a2) :00:08.0 0101: 10de:00e5 (rev a2) :00:0a.0 0101: 10de:00e3 (rev a2) :00:0b.0 0604: 10de:00e2 (rev a2) :00:0e.0 0604: 10de:00ed (rev a2) :00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100 :00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101 :00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102 :00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103 :01:00.0 0300: 1002:4e48 :01:00.1 0380: 1002:4e68 :02:09.0 0401: 1102:0004 (rev 03) :02:09.1 0980: 1102:7003 (rev 03) :02:09.2 0c00: 1102:4001 :02:0b.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 80) :02:0c.0 0104: 1095:3114 (rev 02) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [E] 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:[O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: When detecting the network HW (embedded nForce 3 controler), I had only 2 NIC detected, the two firewire ports (as eth0 and eth1). I had to exit from the installer, execute a shell command: #modprobe forcedeth and then back into the installer. I was wondering why the initial kernel didn't have the forcedeth module instaled or whether it was a problem with the detection of the nForce 3 controler. Another thing that is a bit annoying, and that may be due to my own lack
Re: ASUS - K8N-E Deluxe Install Report (using /debian-installer/2005-03-24)
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:19:02 +0200, Remi Butaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Debian-installer-version: # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/sda1 title Microsoft Windows XP Professional root(hd1,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 The device.map file seems ok (hd0) /dev/hda (hd1) /dev/sda (hd2) /dev/sdb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
