Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection
Hi Jay, Jay Philips philip...@hotmail.com (2014-03-05): Package: debian-installer I was installing debian from the 7.4 64-bit xfce installer and chose not to setup my internet settings, but during the grub bootloader installation part, I got the following error The 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot. There is already a report on this and it stated that it was fixed https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672689 . I was installing from a 4gb usb. any chance you could switch to the 4th console to see if there are more accurate messages explaining what went wrong when installing grub? Maybe you suffered from the first item documented in errata[1] and grub failed to get set up on the installation medium? 1. https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/index.html#errata Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#740674: marked as done (installation-reports: netinst fails to query network mirrors)
Your message dated Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:01:40 +0100 with message-id 20140305090140.gi19...@mraw.org and subject line Re: Bug#740674: installation-reports: netinst fails to query network mirrors has caused the Debian Bug report #740674, regarding installation-reports: netinst fails to query network mirrors to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 740674: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=740674 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems ---BeginMessage--- Subject: installation-reports: netinst fails to query network mirrors Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? An attempt to install Debian from a netinst image. * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? Answered YES when installer asked me do you want to use a network mirror?. * What was the outcome of this action? An error bad mirror or architecture is not supported randomly. * What outcome did you expect instead? Query that mirror and fetch the file list. -- Package-specific info: Boot method: cd/usb-drive Image version: I tried both http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso and http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-i386-netinst.iso as well as I had same problems about a year ago on 7.0.0-i386-netinst (right after 7.0 release) Date: March 03, 2014 at noon Machine: have same effects on IBM Thinkpad T43 and Dell Precision T7400 Partitions: Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on rootfs rootfs 113318568 47199928 60362328 44% / udev devtmpfs 102400 10240 0% /dev tmpfs tmpfs 207340 720206620 1% /run /dev/disk/by-uuid/ec7b380b-5005-4ad1-85c9-db51f46218fa ext4 113318568 47199928 60362328 44% / tmpfs tmpfs 51200 5120 0% /run/lock tmpfs tmpfs 833080 76833004 1% /run/shm Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:[O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup:[O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system:[O] Install tasks: [O] Install boot loader:[O] Overall install:[E] Comments/Problems: I first saw this problem about a year ago. The problem is: after installer asks me about using a network mirror and I reply YES, it gives a list by countries. Independently of what I choose I receive architecture is not supported or bad mirror messages in 90% of cases. Once I have seen such an error further attempts to change a mirror will all fail but I can try again after reboot (succeeded only once in about 10 attempts). At the same time (from another PC in the same network) these mirrors can be opened through browser normally. First, I thought that these problems somehow related to my wi-fi adapter, which is ipw2200, but then I saw the same using onboard Ethernet adapter (driver eth0). Ok, then I thought that it could have been related to IBM Thinkpad T43 until recently I was installing 7.4.0-amd64-netinst on my Dell Precision T7400 which has completely different set of hardware. I tried to boot from a CD and then from usb-drive, it's all the same. Interestingly, from a different console on a PC where I was installing Debian, it's always possible to actually ping all the Internet with no issues at all. It is still possible to install the very base system and then after reboot install desktop system from the console (less convenient). The network is behind a firewall but the fact that the same machine has no problems fetching packages after the base system installed and rebooted suggests that it's not a firewall-related issue. -- Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large files using gzip. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to sub...@bugs.debian.org. == Installer lsb-release:
Bug#740426: marked as done (installation-reports: failure to partition/install grub)
Your message dated Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:04:16 +0100 with message-id 20140305090416.gj19...@mraw.org and subject line Re: Bug#740426: installation-reports: failure to partition/install grub has caused the Debian Bug report #740426, regarding installation-reports: failure to partition/install grub to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 740426: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=740426 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems ---BeginMessage--- Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-dvd Date: 02/27/14; 02/30/14; 03/01/14 Machine: IBM ThinkStation-S10) Processor: Intel Duo E6850 @ 3.00ghz Memory: 4 Gg Partitions: EXT4-Home in one partition Output of 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29e0] (rev 01) 00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Secondary PCI Express Bridge [8086:29e9] (rev 01) 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 02) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 92) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2922] (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02) 00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem [8086:2932] (rev 02) 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation G84GL [Quadro FX 1700] [10de:040f] (rev a1) 0d:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:167b] (rev 02) 0f:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:167a] (rev 02) 11:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx] [104c:8023] Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [0 ] Detect network card:[0 ] Configure network: [0 ] Detect CD: [ 0] Load installer modules: [0 ] Detect hard drives: [0 ] Partition hard drives: [E ] Install base system:[ 0] Clock/timezone setup: [0 ] User/password setup:[0 ] Install tasks: [ 0] Install boot loader:[E ] Overall install:[E ] Comments/Problems: I am install debian Jessie (testing) from burned iso (KDE) desktop, although it does not matter which DE is chosen. Install recognizes hardware correctly. When partition the HD, chose EXT4 on one partition. The installer does format and partition the HD. After partition is complete, and error reporting linux kernel is unavailable or busy does not know about changes. The installer offers you to ignore or cancel this error. In any event it will just keep providing those options. If you reboot, and attempt installation again, partitioning takes place, and the error does not happen again. At the end of the installation process, it does not offer you to install grub, and installer fails out, nothing
Bug#723966: installation-reports: /root directory deleted when re-installing
Cyril, On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote: Control: retitle -1 installation-reports: /root directory deleted when re-installing Hi Paul, Paul Hardy unifoun...@gmail.com (2013-09-21): Comments/Problems: My system experienced a Linux kernel panic while compiling a source package, after which the system would not re-boot. I re-installed Debian using Debian's graphical installation tool. I indicated to the installer that I wanted to leave existing files in place. Following this, I saw that files in /home and some other directories were left untouched (as desired), but the /root directory was completely wiped out and replaced sorry to hear about that. May I suggest you use the rescue mode next time anyway, instead of installing Debian over your installation? It would certainly would have been quicker to remount the correct partition(s) and fix e.g. your kernel and/or grub, than reinstalling and risking bad stuff for the existing file system(s). Mraw, KiBi. Thanks for the suggestion. I only re-installed the system because I was in the process of setting up a new system so I was starting almost from scratch. I could have spent more time hunting down why the system was no longer booting following a kernel panic. I had already customized things in /root though, and leaving /root intact is something that would also come up during upgrades of course. Paul Hardy
Re: Captive laptop
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 08:14:48AM -0800, Schlacta, Christ wrote: On Feb 28, 2014 7:59 AM, Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 07:41:39AM -0700, R Edwards wrote: Hello, I have a persistent problem and I was hoping that the Debian install discs would solve it. I have a new laptop with Windows 8 on it (was purchased for the hardware) and Windows is holding it prisoner. I am unable to install any other Operating system on it whatsoever including Debian 7.4 that I downloaded from this site. It will not allow the 'test' with no files installed or the full installation. I am not exactly a computer newbie but have only 'new' level of linux background. I have tried six different OS packages from two or three different devices for installs and all have failed. Windows 8 will not let any install. Any chance you have an ISO that will produce a dvd disc that can be bootable from a bare harddrive. The 7.4 version I downloaded gets an 'invalid media' message and I have tried more than one copy/download/version with the same results. In the attempt to run from dvd without installing files, get a 'try compatibility settings' message that always fails. I am apparently not the only one with this problem. Please help. I NEED my computer without the Windows garbage taking control of it. I am even willing to pay for a 'guaranteed' installation disc but I try it before I pay as I feel Windows will defeat all comers at this point. Looking forward to being proved wrong! When I bought the laptop, I never dreamed that it would take months to attempt to get Windows off of it and still be failing. I feel like billing Microsoft for taking my laptop prisoner but that would get me as far as this installation is gettingnowhere. If you download the installer (say DVD-1 iso or netinstall iso) and then burn it as an image to the DVD: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/burn-a-cd-or-dvd-from-an-iso-file So windows can do that apparently. It should then be bootable, but of course you have to tell the BIOS/EFI/whatever you have, to boot from the DVD drive. You may also have to disable secure boot. (1) Disabling secure boot is apparently something you can do from within Windows. (2) Does the laptop have and an intel processor? Or an ARM processor? If it's an ARM processor you'd have to use the appropriate ARM version of Linux. But you're probably still be out of luck -- some time ago Microsoft announced that Windows 8 on an ARM processor will be totally locked down. As far as I know that hasn't been cracked yet. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140305164917.ga14...@topoi.pooq.com
Bug#740866: installation-reports: successful installation of Debian jessie
Package: installation-reports Severity: minor Tags: d-i Debian jessie installed without any problems. (Netinstall of Debian wheezy wouldn't work because ethernet wasn't recognized.) -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso 04/02/2014 Date: Date and time of the install Machine: Lenovo Thinkpad T440s Partitions: df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [ ] Detect network card:[ ] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup:[ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Overall install:[ ] Comments/Problems: Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install. -- Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large files using gzip. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to sub...@bugs.debian.org. == Installer lsb-release: == DISTRIB_ID=Debian DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Debian GNU/Linux installer DISTRIB_RELEASE=8 (jessie) - installer build 20140204-00:05 X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=cdrom == Installer hardware-summary: == uname -a: Linux thinkie 3.12-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.12.9-1 (2014-02-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci -knn: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller [8086:0a04] (rev 09) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 09) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: 00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller [8086:0a0c] (rev 09) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP USB xHCI HC [8086:9c31] (rev 04) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP HECI #0 [8086:9c3a] (rev 04) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I218-V [8086:1559] (rev 04) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2214] lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: e1000e lspci -knn: 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller [8086:9c20] (rev 04) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:9c1a] (rev e4) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport lspci -knn: 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:9c14] (rev e4) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport lspci -knn: 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP LPC Controller [8086:9c43] (rev 04) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] [8086:9c03] (rev 04) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ahci lspci -knn: 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP SMBus Controller [8086:9c22] (rev 04) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: 02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5227 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5227] (rev 01) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] lspci -knn: 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 [8086:08b2] (rev 6b) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:c260] usb-list: usb-list: Bus 01 Device 01: xHCI Host Controller [1d6b:0002] usb-list:Level 00 Parent 00 Port 00 Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 01 usb-list:Manufacturer: Linux 3.12-1-amd64 xhci_hcd usb-list:Interface 00: Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00 Driver hub usb-list: usb-list: Bus 01 Device 02: SES084D [0e8d:1836] usb-list:Level 01 Parent 01 Port 00 Class 00(ifc ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00 usb-list:Manufacturer: TSST Inc usb-list:Interface 00: Class 08(mstor) Subclass 02 Protocol 50 Driver usb-storage usb-list: usb-list: Bus 01 Device 03: EMV Smartcard Reader [058f:9540] usb-list:Level
Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection
Hi KiBi, I would be glad to supply more information, but dont know what the 4th console is. I searched online for the phrase but couldnt find any explanation of it. I checked the errata[1] as you suggested, but unfortunately it doesnt relate to me as grub isnt getting installed on my usb and i never get the message Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record?. When i reach the 'Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk' page, it directly gives me the error. When i attempted to install lilo instead, i would like to put it, it gave me the message Running /sbin/lilo failed with the error code 127. It is mentioned in errata, that it should be possible to recover using the rescue mode of the installer. where can i find this rescue mode in the installer? Jay Philips On 03/05/2014 12:45 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Hi Jay, Jay Philips philip...@hotmail.com (2014-03-05): Package: debian-installer I was installing debian from the 7.4 64-bit xfce installer and chose not to setup my internet settings, but during the grub bootloader installation part, I got the following error The 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot. There is already a report on this and it stated that it was fixed https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672689 . I was installing from a 4gb usb. any chance you could switch to the 4th console to see if there are more accurate messages explaining what went wrong when installing grub? Maybe you suffered from the first item documented in errata[1] and grub failed to get set up on the installation medium? 1. https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/index.html#errata Mraw, KiBi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/blu0-smtp37569b9b305155530e26074bc...@phx.gbl
Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection
On 05-03-2014 21:28, Jay Philips wrote: Hi KiBi, I would be glad to supply more information, but dont know what the 4th console is. You can switch console by pressing Alt+Number of console, for example to switch to console 4: ALT+4 I searched online for the phrase but couldnt find any explanation of it. I checked the errata[1] as you suggested, but unfortunately it doesnt relate to me as grub isnt getting installed on my usb and i never get the message Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record?. When i reach the 'Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk' page, it directly gives me the error. When i attempted to install lilo instead, i would like to put it, it gave me the message Running /sbin/lilo failed with the error code 127. It is mentioned in errata, that it should be possible to recover using the rescue mode of the installer. where can i find this rescue mode in the installer? On the installer boot screen choose advanced options then Rescue mode. Jay Philips On 03/05/2014 12:45 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Hi Jay, Jay Philips philip...@hotmail.com (2014-03-05): Package: debian-installer I was installing debian from the 7.4 64-bit xfce installer and chose not to setup my internet settings, but during the grub bootloader installation part, I got the following error The 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot. There is already a report on this and it stated that it was fixed https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672689 . I was installing from a 4gb usb. any chance you could switch to the 4th console to see if there are more accurate messages explaining what went wrong when installing grub? Maybe you suffered from the first item documented in errata[1] and grub failed to get set up on the installation medium? 1. https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/index.html#errata Mraw, KiBi. -- Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards, Miguel Figueiredo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53179bf5.30...@debianpt.org
Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection
On 05-03-2014 22:05, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 09:49:41PM +, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: You can switch console by pressing Alt+Number of console, for example to switch to console 4: ALT+4 Unless something has changed, at least in the past it had to be left alt, and F4, but maybe there are new shortcuts I don't know about. Alt+F4 you're right -- Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards, Miguel Figueiredo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5317a05e.8010...@debianpt.org
Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection
On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 09:49:41PM +, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: You can switch console by pressing Alt+Number of console, for example to switch to console 4: ALT+4 Unless something has changed, at least in the past it had to be left alt, and F4, but maybe there are new shortcuts I don't know about. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140305220547.gw17...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Bug#740895: Can't configure both IPv4 + IPv6 with preseed
Package: netcfg The preseed options are: d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string IP d-i netcfg/get_gateway string GW d-i netcfg/get_netmask string NM d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string NS This allows specifying either IPv4 or IPv6, but not both, hence you get an IPv4-only or an IPv6-only node. While that is pretty good already, the world will be IPv4 for a long long time to come and IPv6 is really great to preconfigure. Hence, one will at the moment need to fix this up with a preseed/late_command. Unfortunately, it seems that late_command runs before netcfg overwrites the interfaces file, hence, unless you trick it all with a very early init script, it won't work... Either late_command has to go after the netcfg writing of the interfaces file, or better we should have the option of multiple addresses. d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.0.2.2 2001:db8::2 d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.0.2.1 2001:db8::1 d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 24 64 d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.0.2.1 2001:db8::1 would be a good start for that. Greets, Jeroen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5317b528.4050...@massar.ch
Bug#740896: Disable IPv6 autoconf completely from preseed/netcfg
Package: netcfg As one cannot easily update /etc/network/interfaces due to netcfg overwriting it after late_command (see also #740895) it would be useful if we can have something akin to: iface eth0 inet static ... pre-up echo 0 /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/autoconf pre-up echo 0 /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra pre-up echo 0 /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra_defrtr pre-up echo 0 /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra_pinfo pre-up echo 0 /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra_rtr_pref ... in the preseed. #740895 = https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=740895 Greets, Jeroen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5317b6af.9030...@massar.ch
Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection
I had tried Alt+F4 as i thought that might be the case, but there was no information presented at the console. Unfortunately, i dont see an 'advanced options' option in the boot screen. Is it because i'm using unetbootin that this option is not there. I had tried using dd to put the iso on the usb, but had no luck and couldnt find enough complete information to do it that way. Jay Philips On 03/06/2014 01:49 AM, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: On 05-03-2014 21:28, Jay Philips wrote: Hi KiBi, I would be glad to supply more information, but dont know what the 4th console is. You can switch console by pressing Alt+Number of console, for example to switch to console 4: ALT+4 I searched online for the phrase but couldnt find any explanation of it. I checked the errata[1] as you suggested, but unfortunately it doesnt relate to me as grub isnt getting installed on my usb and i never get the message Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record?. When i reach the 'Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk' page, it directly gives me the error. When i attempted to install lilo instead, i would like to put it, it gave me the message Running /sbin/lilo failed with the error code 127. It is mentioned in errata, that it should be possible to recover using the rescue mode of the installer. where can i find this rescue mode in the installer? On the installer boot screen choose advanced options then Rescue mode. Jay Philips On 03/05/2014 12:45 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Hi Jay, Jay Philips philip...@hotmail.com (2014-03-05): Package: debian-installer I was installing debian from the 7.4 64-bit xfce installer and chose not to setup my internet settings, but during the grub bootloader installation part, I got the following error The 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot. There is already a report on this and it stated that it was fixed https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672689 . I was installing from a 4gb usb. any chance you could switch to the 4th console to see if there are more accurate messages explaining what went wrong when installing grub? Maybe you suffered from the first item documented in errata[1] and grub failed to get set up on the installation medium? 1. https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/index.html#errata Mraw, KiBi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/blu0-smtp302e623b39f31793f302c03bc...@phx.gbl
Bug#740895: Work-around for netcfg overwriting /etc/network/interfaces after preseed/late_command
As per http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/456234 a little work-around: 8-- d-i preseed/late_command string \ in-target *DOSTUFF*; \ cp /target/etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces; --8 That way it overwrites the netcfg generated one. Hence, a similar bug is reported in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=709017 Greets, Jeroen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5317b925.2080...@massar.ch
Re: blends install preseeding?
kOn Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:44 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: What I might do instead is give up on firmware-linux and for more more specific firmware check if any was used during install (e.g. using firmware-* netboot image or feeding firmware udebs from a separate USB stick) and if so install correspondent firmware packages (without asking). Pretty sure the wheezy installer already implements this. Unfortunately for jessie the Linux kernel mechanisms that allowed this have gone away so this feature is broken (#725714). approach taken by DebianParl. Your approach seem *too* generic for my taste (and possibly the reason bug#730162 was rejected): I don't want *all* apt-install installation flagged as auto-installed (and then partly reverted by fixating another way). I only want supposedly auto-installed packages flagged as such. What I mean by supposedly? Possibly all non-leaf packages, but pretty certain it includes all libraries and base packages. There are several conflated issues but I think: Packages installed by d-i should be marked as auto-installed. Packages selected by the user manually should be marked as manually installed. Packages selected by the preseed options for installing packages should be marked as automatically installed. Packages specifically installed by d-i or preseeding should not be autoremovable or there should at least be an option for this. Another related but inverse issue, now that we are talking about it, is that of recommended packages missed: libuuid1 recommends uuid-runtime, and bash recommends bash-completion, neither of which are installed by default. You already filed a bugreport for that one too, Paul? If you have recommends enabled these will be installed by default I think. I haven't filed any bugs about this. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6Eja_=xakgzxeo5xvwrj1w4prowzf_t2km78rgrrak...@mail.gmail.com
Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection
Well i have good news and bad news. The good news is that i got the installation to work and grub installed. The bad news is that it will not install grub from the live xfce session, it will only install grub from the boot menu 'install' option. I noticed that Alt+F4 does give useful stuff in the boot menu 'install' but its not there in the live session install. I checked the boot menu under 'advanced options' there is only 'hardware detection tool' and 'memory diagnostic', no 'rescue mode'. As i was trying to figure out this whole grub installation problem, i was tweeting my thoughts about problems i found with debian's installer. Please do have a look over them when you get a chance https://twitter.com/jphilipz . Jay Philips On 03/06/2014 01:49 AM, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: On 05-03-2014 21:28, Jay Philips wrote: Hi KiBi, I would be glad to supply more information, but dont know what the 4th console is. You can switch console by pressing Alt+Number of console, for example to switch to console 4: ALT+4 I searched online for the phrase but couldnt find any explanation of it. I checked the errata[1] as you suggested, but unfortunately it doesnt relate to me as grub isnt getting installed on my usb and i never get the message Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record?. When i reach the 'Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk' page, it directly gives me the error. When i attempted to install lilo instead, i would like to put it, it gave me the message Running /sbin/lilo failed with the error code 127. It is mentioned in errata, that it should be possible to recover using the rescue mode of the installer. where can i find this rescue mode in the installer? On the installer boot screen choose advanced options then Rescue mode. Jay Philips On 03/05/2014 12:45 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Hi Jay, Jay Philips philip...@hotmail.com (2014-03-05): Package: debian-installer I was installing debian from the 7.4 64-bit xfce installer and chose not to setup my internet settings, but during the grub bootloader installation part, I got the following error The 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot. There is already a report on this and it stated that it was fixed https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672689 . I was installing from a 4gb usb. any chance you could switch to the 4th console to see if there are more accurate messages explaining what went wrong when installing grub? Maybe you suffered from the first item documented in errata[1] and grub failed to get set up on the installation medium? 1. https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/index.html#errata Mraw, KiBi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/blu0-smtp1071401410f875ae5d4b583bc...@phx.gbl
Re: blends install preseeding?
[Jonas Smedegaard] One thing I noticed is that the firmware-linux package is non-free and thus should probably not be installed by default without user consent. Better would be a debconf dialogue asking if the user would like to include the formware-linux package - with No thanks as default. That would however involve injection of more code into the debian-installer session than can fit in a preseeding file, I suspect. I'd love to learn that I am wrong and it can already be handled by debian-installer - I would also be interested in helping implement it, but I have too much on my plate already currently :-/ What I might do instead is give up on firmware-linux and for more more specific firmware check if any was used during install (e.g. using firmware-* netboot image or feeding firmware udebs from a separate USB stick) and if so install correspondent firmware packages (without asking). A while back, before wheezy, I improved the support for firmware in hw-detect to look for firmware packages in a /firmware/ directory on the CD and on the partition on the same device as the ISO is located. The latter allow one to create USB sticks with the ISO and add a partition with non-free firmware. If firmware is needed (kernel reports this to udev) and the firmware file needed is found in any of the debs found, the deb is installed. If the deb ask for confirmation (like the firmware-ipw2x00 Package), this question is presented to the user. I suspect hw-detect is the correct location to improve firmware handling even more. A natural step would be to provide the apt-file data fragment needed to figure out which package to download for an APT repository, and ask if this should be done. See URL: https://bugs.debian.org/655507 for details and a draft. -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140306064256.gb7...@ulrik.uio.no
