Bug#681681: installation-reports: grub-install doesn't install grub to all drives in RAID5 array during install

[Gary Dale]

Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
*** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
I recently rebuilt my former home server as a test desktop machine using 
3 x 500G SATA drives I
had lying around. This required me to install a cheap PCI SATA 
controller to get enough SATA ports

to handle the drives. The DVD writer is an IDE unit.

I'd heard that it was possible to boot from a RAID5 array and I wanted 
to try that out. After
a couple of days of trying to get the system to boot after the install, 
I realized the problem was
that GRUB wasn't installed on all the drives and the system was trying 
to boot from a drive without

GRUB on it.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or 
ineffective)?
Using the NetInst CD to boot into rescue mode allowed me open a shell in 
the /dev/md/0

environment and grub-install to the other two drives.

   * What was the outcome of this action?
As expected, with grub installed on all three drives, I could boot into 
a RAID5 array.



*** End of the template - remove these lines ***


-- Package-specific info:

Boot method: CD
Image version: current NetInst for Wheezy as of July 14
Date: 

Machine: old ASUS Athlon 64 motherboard with an add-in SATA controller 
to give enough SATA ports for a RAID5 array

Partitions: 


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:[X]
Overall install:[ ]

Comments/Problems:

I note that the installer doesn't give you the option to partition a 
RAID array, even
though this is a legal and perfectly reasonable thing to do. Without 
this capability
I have to set up the RAID array before starting the installer if I want 
a partitioned

array.

Also, I'm submitting this report from my regular workstation, so I've 
removed

the non-relevant parts of the report that would normally be below.

--

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.


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Bug#588642: Debian-Installer Cant find onboard NIC

[Gary L. Roach]

Package:Debian Installer 6.0 Alpha1 release
Version:Linux testing "squeeze" - official snapshot i386 NETINST 
Binary-1 20100217-22:18

New System:
Intel DP55KG Extreme Motherboard
Intel i5-750 Quad Processor (2.65 GHz)
4 GB 1333Mhz memory
e1000e internal NIC based on 82578DC Chip set
PCIe Express bussing

Problem occures in both the Lenny and Sqeeze 6.0 Alpha1 disks.

Steps
1 Select install
2 Select Engish, US etc
3 Loading sequence , detect hardware, cdrom scan
4 Screen saying: No eternet card detected. If you now the name of the 
driver needed by  your ethernet card , you can select it from the list.

5 Select e1000e driver and hit enter
Program keeps cycling back through the same page.
It appears that the on board NIC is not being detected by the installer.

Gary Roach



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Bug#509315: Lenny installer RC1

[Gary Dale]

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: 
CD

Image version: 
AMD64 netinst

Date: 
December 13, 2008

Machine: 
custom older AMD64 machine

Processor:
 AMD Athlon 64

Memory:
 1G

Partitions: 
 never got that far

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:   [E]
Detect network card:[ ]
Configure network:  [ ]
Detect CD:  [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:[ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:[ ]
Install tasks:  [ ]
Install boot loader:[ ]
Overall install:[ ]

Comments/Problems:
I've downloaded the .iso image twice and burned it 3 times using two 
different machines. I get the same problem each time. The boot CD is not 
recognized and the machine tries to boot from the hard disk.


I booted the system from an Ubuntu 8,10 disk and just finished install 
Etch+1/2 on it so there is nothing wrong with the machine.


The notes on the Etch+1/2 install indicate it's using the Lenny RC1 
installer so I suspect it's not a problem with the installer either. It 
may be the .iso image simply doesn't have the boot code on it.







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Bug#509314: Lenny installer RC1

[Gary Dale]

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: 
CD

Image version: 
any

Date: 
December 13, 2008

Machine: 
custom older AMD64 machine

Processor:
 AMD Athlon 64

Memory:
 1G

Partitions: 
 never got that far

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
 


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:   [E]
Detect network card:[ ]
Configure network:  [ ]
Detect CD:  [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:[ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:[ ]
Install tasks:  [ ]
Install boot loader:[ ]
Overall install:[ ]

Comments/Problems:
I've downloaded the .iso image twice and burned it 3 times using two different 
machines. I get the same problem each time. The boot CD is not recognized and 
the machine tries to boot from the hard disk.

I booted the system from an Ubuntu 8,10 disk and just finished install Etch+1/2 on it so there is nothing wrong with the machine. 


The notes on the Etch+1/2 install indicate it's using the Lenny RC1 installer 
so I suspect it's not a problem with the installer either. It may be the .iso 
image simply doesn't have the boot code on it.





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Bug#485961: installation-reports: Installer can't locate CD-ROM drive (sparc)

[Gary W. Smith]

I don't know much about Sun hardware but Target 6 and Target e looks like your 
SCSI channels are off.  Correct me if I'm wrong (which is highly probable here) 
but shouldn't the Target be either 0/1 for the primary boot device (i.e. the 
hard disk).  I know the older adaptec controllers wouldn't load the bios for 
the raid controller of there wasn't a drive on 0/1 (but this was some time ago).
 
HTH, 
 
Gary-



From: Frans Pop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 6/12/2008 2:03 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bug#485961: installation-reports: Installer can't locate CD-ROM 
drive (sparc)



On Thursday 12 June 2008, Dennis Boone wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> The installer boots fine, and allows me to set keyboard, country
> locale, but cannot detect the CD-ROM
> (/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f) 
> drive to continue the
> installation.
> +SUNW,fas:FAS-336 ESP SCSI:esp_scsi:initrd
>
> POST/OBP outputs, and syslog are attached.

Thanks for all the info, but I'm afraid that my sparc knowledge is
insufficient here. Let's see if anyone on the debian-sparc list can help.

>From the logs I can see that the esp_scsi module does get loaded, but it
does not seem to detect anything at all. Either something is missing
(basic scsi drivers?), or the hardware is just not supported by this
driver. I've googled around a bit but that did not help either.

We sometimes advise to netboot sparc systems where the CD is not
recognized, but that won't help if the harddisk is on the same
bus/controller and needs the same driver.

Anyone any idea what could be missing or if this hardware is supported by
linux at all? Here's basic hardware info; the installation report [1] has
more extensive logs.

5-slot Sun Enterprise E3500, No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.2.24, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #12336266.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:bc:3c:8a, Host ID: 80bc3c8a.

{a} ok probe-scsi-all
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880

/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880
Target 6
  Unit 0  Removable Read Only device  TOSHIBA XM6201TASUN32XCD110312/12/97
Target e
  Unit 0   Disk SEAGATE ST373405LC  22033EK1BBDY

Once we figure out what's needed, fixing the installer to support that is
probably trivial. The trick is in the first part.

Two things that may yet help:
- the output of lsmod after hardware detection (to see if anything obvious
  is not loaded)
- just manually trying to modprobe any driver under
  /lib/modules/../kernel/drivers/scsi and checking dmesg after each for
  some sign of life

Cheers,
FJP

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/485961


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Special boot parameters

[gary]

When installing rev4, there is a section that reads roughly

Special boot parameters
You can use the following parameters

This list is incomplete, see the kernel's kernels-parameters.txt file.

Where is this file located?

Ultimately, I'd like to use the nforce4 software raid on my gigabyte 
GA-k8n ultra-9. However, if that is not possible, I'd like to see what 
raid controllers are supported.


Just as an FYI, I have Suse 10.2 installed and it recognizes the 
software raid. Since both distributions are using the same kernel, I 
would expect Debian to have the same feature.



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Changing Installation/Bug report #426607

[Gary L. Roach]

I have been working with the Debian Etch Installer on a Toshiba qosmio G25 
and had the system completely hang up on reboot. I filed the above report 
about a week ago. I decided to do a total reinstallation last night. I had 
a few minor glitches during installation but the system booted right up. I 
don't know why the first time didn't work. Now I need to amend the report 
and can't seem to figure out how. I don't want to make a complete nascence 
of my self to some very busy people.


Any assistance would be appreciated. The report was forwarded to Frans Pop 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, if that is any help.


Gary Roach



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Bug#426607: Installer problem Toshiba Qosmio G25 Laptop

[Gary L. Roach]

Package: installation-report / bug report

Boot method: 
I used a "Netinstall" cd.

Image version: 
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimageDownloaded on 4/29/07  i386 version

Date: 
Started working on the install about 5/25/07

Machine: 
Toshiba Qosmio G25 laptop
Nvidea GeForce Go6600 video card
SoundMax integrated Digital Audio
Intel PRO/wireless 2915ABG
Toshiba software modem
Matshita IDE DVD R/W player UJ-845S Firmware=D100
Toshiba RAID 60 GB drives LD0 and LD1

Processor:
Intel Pentium M 2GHz

Memory:
1 GB

Partitions: 
BusyBox doesn't support -Tl switches. Used df -m:
Filesystem  1M-blocks   usedavailable   Use%
Mounted on
udev10  0   10  0%  
/dev

	Note: Dual boot system Drive 1 (60 GB) widows XP Pro SP2. Drive 2 (60 GB) 
s/b linux


Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
BusyBox doesn't support lspci

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 ]
Detect hard drives: [O ]
Partition hard drives:  [O ]
Install base system:[O ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [O ]
User/password setup:[O ]
Install tasks:  [E ]
Install boot loader:[O ]
Overall install:[E ]



Comments/Problems:
	On the first pass, the "Install tasks" seemed to work OK but exited with 
an error. I re-ran the "Install tasks" . It downloaded another 70 files, 
installed them and exited OK. Possibly dependency problems? Not serious.


	The overall install seemed to work OK but on reboot hung up at the 
following point:

Begin: Waiting for root file system   (Hung for about 5 minutes)
Done.
ALERT! /dev/sdb1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
			Check your root= boot argument (cat /proc/cmdline)		[Which gave: 
root = /dev/sdb1 ro]

Check for missing modules (cat /proc/modules, or device files 
(ls /dev)
_
[(cat /proc/modules) gives:
ide_generic 1408 0 [permanent], Live 0xf887e000
ide_cd 36034 0 - Live0xf891a000
cdrom 32544 1 ide_cd, Live 0xf8925000
ahci 17636 0 - Live 0xf88fr000
generic 5476 0 [permanent], Live x0f881a000
ohci1394 30800 0- Live 0xf88eb00
ieee1394 86904 1 ohci1394, Live 0xf88fb000
e100 32232 0 - Live 0xf88d7000
mii 5344 1 e100, Live  0xf888
ehci_hcd 28136 0 - Live 0xf8889000
ata_piix 13576 0 - Live 0xf882
libata 89396 2 ahci, libata, Live  0xf88c
scsi_mod 124168 2 ahci, libata, Live x0f88a
piix 9444 0 [permanent], Live 0xf8825000
ide_core 110504 4 ide_generic, ide_cd, generic,  piix, 
Live  0xf883f000
uhci_hcd 21164 0 - Live 0xf8838000
usbcore 112644 3 ehci_hcd, uhci_hcd, Live  0xf885b000
thermal 13608 0 - Live 0xf8833000
processor 28840 1 thermal, Live 0xf882a000
fan 4804 0 - Live 0xf881d000

(ls /dev) gives:
bus, cdrw,console, disk, dvd,dvdrw, full. hda, hpet, 
input,kmem. kmsg,
			mem, nul, port, psaux, ptmx, ptyp ... ,tty ..., urandom, usbdevx.x_epxx 
...,

vcs ..., zero]
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BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-4) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
(initramfs)

I have never gotten beyond this point. /root doesn't seem to exist.
__
	Note:  	A warning note in the instructions for us idiots that haven't 
burned an .iso disk for a long time might help. I recreated the .iso the 
first try.
		A warning that there is not support for the wireless LAN system (Intel 
PRO/wireless 2915ABG)  and/or that a hardwire LAN hookup is advised.


___
Grub works OK, WinXP works OK
Pretty slick until the end. Help!!!

Gary Roach







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Installation hangs up during Retrieving bsdmaintils

[Gary M. Kassander]

I do not know if this is the proper forum for this concern
or not, but I'm going to report a problem.

 

During installation of Debian etch I ran into a problem. 
I downloaded the ISO file from debian.org web site and burn a CD.  This
procedure went without a hitch.  I then inserted a CD in the computer I
want to use and powered on.  Everything went smoothly and as expected
until we came to the "Installing Base System".  Specifically,
the "retrieving bsdmaiandtils" of the "Installing Base System"
portion of the installation program.  At this point, with about 6% of the
file retrieved, the computer hung up.  The light on the CD-ROM was on
indicating the wrong was being access, but nothing else happened.  I
waited for over one and a half hours and still nothing happened there is no
change in the information displayed on the screen.  At that point I shut
the computer off and remove the CD.

 

I then went to the debian.org web site and downloaded a new
ISO file.  I burned this file to a CD and inserted it in the computer and
powered the computer on.  I had a repeat of my earlier experience.

 

Because I am new to Linux and Debian I am using an old
computer that I had sitting around gathering dust.  It is a day in 1998
IBM Aptiva E26.  It has an ADM K6-233 processor.  

 

Debian seemed to detect a hard drive and all other hardware
without a problem.  It also identified the network and configure the
network without a problem.

 

If you have any suggestions on how to remedy this problem
complete the installation of Debian I would be more than happy to hear them. 
I really would like to get Debian installed so that I can learn how to use it
properly.

 

Thank you for your consideration and assistance.

 

Gary Kassander

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Preseed of Debian Archive mirror country and Disk Partition

[Gary Fredrickson]

Everyone,


Currently I am trying to fully automate an install of Debian and have to 2 issues
early in the install process and a question about aptitude.

The first issue below is with mirror country using ftp protocol. The
section of the preseed file is listed below in which I must press the enter key
for the mirror country to continue on in the installation. Any ideals?

# Debian archive mirror country:
d-i mirror/protocol select ftp
d-i mirror/country    select  enter
information manually 
d-i mirror/ftp/hostname string actualhostname

d-i mirror/ftp/directory    string 
/debian
d-i mirror/suite string stable
d-i mirror/ftp/proxy string
 

The second issue is really a two part question, one is how can I do logical
volumes in the preseed file? Also attached is the partition section of the
preseed file in which I must also press the enter key continue the install. The
message that appears is “No file system specified…. Go back to main
menu”. Currently I simple press the enter which selects No.

 

d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/discs/disc0/disc

d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe  string root-swap-var-usr-tmp-keep :: 
256 10 320 ext3 $primary{ } $bootable{ } method{ format } format{ }
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } mountpoint{ / } .  3000 9 3200
linux-swap method{ swap } format{ } .  5000 8 6000 reiserfs  method{
format } format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ reiserfs } mountpoint{ /var }
.  5000 8 6000 reiserfs method{ format } format{ } use_filesystem{ }
filesystem{ reiserfs } mountpoint{ /usr } . 1 8 11000 reiserfs method{
format } format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ reiserfs } mountpoint{ /tmp }
. 100 1 10 reiserfs method{ keep } .


# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation.
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write changes to
disk
 

 

The last question is in regards to aptitude? Is their anyway to preseed
the package selection?

 

Preseed File with Reiserfs

[Gary Fredrickson]

 

I am trying to setup a preseed file to partition / as 300 MB,
5GB /usr, 3 GB for /var, 10 GB for /tmp, 3 GB for swap and the remaining space
on the drive for /data all using reiserfs format. Searching the internet for how
to use expert_recipe and the field meanings yielded nothing. Any Ideals?

Bug#282670: Package: installation-reports

[Gary]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 22 Nov 2004 Debian Installer Release Candidate 2
uname -a: Linux grlap 2.6.9-1-686 #1 Tue Nov 16 17:52:21 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 11/23/2004 - 12:00 PM CST
Method: Burned cdrw and booted from it.
Machine: Dell Latitude C600 A23 BIOS
Processor: Intel i686
Memory: 256M
Root Device: hda: IBM-DJSA-220, ATA DISK drive
Root Size/partition table: Filesystem   1K-blocks  Used Available 
Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda7  9740592   2258280   6987512  25% /
tmpfs   128264 0128264   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda597826 16583 76024  18% /boot
Intended to overwrite /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda7

Output of lspci and lspci -n: :00:00.0 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03)
:00:01.0 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03)
:00:03.0 0607: 104c:ac51
:00:03.1 0607: 104c:ac51
:00:07.0 0680: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
:00:07.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
:00:07.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
:00:07.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 03)
:00:08.0 0401: 125d:1998 (rev 10)
:00:10.0 0200: 10b7:6055 (rev 10)
:00:10.1 0780: 10b7:1007 (rev 10)
:01:00.0 0300: 1002:4c46 (rev 02)

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:[O]
Configure network HW:   [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD:  [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Create file systems:[ ]
Mount partitions:   [ ]
Install base system:[ ]
Install boot loader:[ ]
Reboot: [ ]

Comments/Problems:

After selecting language etc. the installer quits with message stating wrong
cd or can't read from cd.  This is an ongoing problem inherent to previous
installer cd's.  I've tried them all.  Going to a shell prompt, the cd is 
mounted.
This is not a cd read/write problem.  Multible cd's tested.  The installer
appears to "lose" the cd at this point i.e. it cannot be tested and the only
thing to do is abort.

Gary
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Bug#239289: Install Problems

[Gary]

Hi,
 
I was going through the bug list for the installer 
and came across this bug myself.  You asked the person having the problem 
to try a newer version of the installer.  I personally have tried up to 
10/18/04 version of the installer with the same results.  I have a Dell 
Latitude C600 with the latest BIOS (A23).  It is a 750 MHz with 256M 
RAM.  The CDROM is a Toshiba XM-1902A.  Although this is a i386 I am 
experiencing the same problems as the Alpha.  The CD boots fine.  
After answering the first few questions about which language etc. it stops when 
trying to load the base system.  The screen goes blank (blue) and after a 
while it says I have the wrong CD or no CD inserted.  Going go a terminal 
show that the CDROM is indeed mounted at /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 if my memory serves 
me properly.  Hope this helps.  Thanks.
 
Gary
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Bug#267309: sarge install powerpc

[Gary M. Witscher]

Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/powerpc/20040819/sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux 2.6.7-powerpc
Date: Sat Aug 21 2004
Method: Sarge-powerpc-netinst CD ftp.debian.org

Machine: Apple Cube G4
Processor: G4
Memory: 1.5 gig
Root Device: IDE hda7
Root Size/partition table:

#type name length   base
( size )  system/dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 
  63 @ 1( 31.5k)  Partition map/dev/hda2
Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap1954 @ 10485824 (977.0k) 
NewWorld bootblock/dev/hda3 Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_4  
   10223616 @ 262208   (  4.9G)  HFS not
mounted/dev/hda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Sarge
9765626 @ 10487778 (  4.7G)  Linux nativenot mounted/dev/hda5   
 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Storage 51953126 @ 20253404 (
24.8G)  Linux native  not mounted/dev/hda6 Apple_UNIX_SVR2
swap  2012220 @ 76112780 (982.5M)  Linux swap   
swap/dev/hda7 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Testing  
3906250 @ 72206530 (  1.9G)  Linux native   mounted as //dev/hda8  
   Apple_Free Extra 262144 @ 64 
 (128.0M)  Free space

Block size=512, Number of Blocks=78125000
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0

Output of lspci and lspci -n:
:00:0b.0 0600: 106b:0020
:00:10.0 0300: 1002:5046
0001:01:0b.0 0600: 106b:001f
0001:01:17.0 ff00: 106b:0022 (rev 03)
0001:01:18.0 0c03: 106b:0019
0001:01:19.0 0c03: 106b:0019
0001:01:1a.0 0c00: 104c:8020
0002:02:0b.0 0600: 106b:001e
0002:02:0f.0 0200: 106b:0021 (rev 01)

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:

Overall, this was a VERY smooth install!
Because this was a installation intended to test the installer, the
target partition was an extra partition on an already running system.
Therefore, I was not able to test the installers ability to create and
use the NewWorld partition (previous installs had problems with this).
The network detection, which failed on previous installs, worked
flawlessly with this install.

The only problem I had was that the installer reconfigured yaboot
without asking me if I wanted to keep the configuration that I already
had. Although this is not a major problem, it would be nice if I had the
choice between keeping the existing configuration or installing a new
one. This would only be necessary if the installer detected an existing
yaboot installation. As such it would not have to interfere with the
"automatic" installation of yaboot for users installing for the first
time.

Thanks to the developers for a easy and powerful installer!!

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] 


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Re: Bug#257988: Install report: PowerMac G4 Cube

[Gary M. Witscher]

I also did this same install with the same hardware and a current
(2000724) net-install iso image. Everything went smoothly except for two
areas:

1) Just like your install, the auto net config did not work. I too made
due with a manual static config. However, unlike you I was able to write
a /etc/network/interfaces that allowed me to use ifup to connect using
dhcp. Unlike your install I was not able to continue after the base
install as apt would not connect to any debian server I tried (in spite
of the fact that I could easily ping them all).

2) The partitioner went ahead an created a "NewWorld Bootblock" per my
selection. But installing yaboot failed, until I was able to manually
select the partition to install it on - an option that doesn't always
appear.

I'm still unable to use dselect, aptitude, or base-install to connect to
any debian server in order to continue this installation. I wonder if
you might have any suggestion that could turn this problem around?

TIA,
Gary


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RE: [SOLVED] Take 3: sparc64 CDs work?

[Gary Parker]

Well, it certainly used to be the case on Ye Olde SPARCs (talking IPX and
+1's here) that the size of kernel and/or initrd you could boot from
depended on the size of the first two memory modules in the machine and it
was therefore essential to have the two largest modules at the beginning of
the memory map.

I have no idea if this is still the case on the SPARC64 architecture but it
would be my first guess as to why this fixed your problem.

Gary

> -Original Message-
> From: Frederik Dannemare [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 16 June 2004 13:00
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Patrick Finnegan; Joshua Kwan; Ben Collins
> Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Take 3: sparc64 CDs work?
> 
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> On Wednesday 09 June 2004 20:20, Frederik Dannemare wrote:
> > On Wednesday 09 June 2004 18:09, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 09 June 2004 08:50, Frederik Dannemare wrote:
> [ snip ]
> >
> > 
> *
> > Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 333MHz), No Keyboard 
> OpenBoot 
> > 3.15, 256 MB memory installed, Serial #10816948.
> > Ethernet address 8:0:20:a5:d:b4, Host ID: 80a50db4.
> >
> >
> >
> > Initializing Memory
> > Initializing Memory
> >   Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
> > Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED],0:f  File and args:
> > SILO Version 1.4.5
> >
> >
> >   Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux sarge!
> >
> > This is a Debian installation CDROM, built on 20040604.
> > Keep it once you have installed your system, as you can 
> boot from it 
> > to repair the system on your hard disk if that ever becomes 
> necessary.
> >
> > WARNING: You should completely back up all of your hard disks before
> >   proceeding. The installation procedure can completely and 
> > irreversibly erase them! If you haven't made backups yet, 
> remove the 
> > rescue CD from the drive and press L1-A to get back to the OpenBoot 
> > prompt.
> >
> > Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent 
> > permitted by applicable law.
> >
> > [ ENTER - Boot install ]   [ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
> > boot: linux cdrom devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 rootfstype=ext2
> > root=/dev/hda1
> > Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Loaded kernel 
> > version 2.4.26 Loading initial ramdisk (1865444 bytes at 
> 0x0lx phys, 
> > 0x10C0 virt)...
> >
> > Remapping the kernel... done.
> > Booting Linux...
> > PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 3.15.2 1998/11/10 10:35 Linux version 
> > 2.4.26-sparc64 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 
> > 20040401)) #1 Sat Apr 24 01:43:10 EDT 2004
> > ARCH: SUN4U
> > Ethernet address: 08:00:20:a5:0d:b4
> > initrd extends beyond end of memory (0x20dc76e4 >
> > 0x1ff14000)
> > disabling initrd
> [ snip ]
> 
> After having spent some time last week reading up on initrd, 
> how to create my own, and then rebuilding the 
> sarge-sparc-netinst.iso with a minimalistic initrd, I still 
> wasn't able to get past the initrd issue.
> 
> I thought to myself that I was probably doing something wrong 
> since working with initrd and building sparc isos is all new 
> to me, so I just gave up after a dusin tries or so.
> 
> Then today (don't know why this idea came to me) I decided to 
> open up the box and juggle around with the memory sticks. And 
> voila! Moving the two sticks from DIMM3 and DIMM4 to DIMM1 
> and DIMM2 made the initrd issue go away (booted with default 
> SILO parameters). Dunno why Sarge is picky, when Woody, 
> Solaris, and some old SuSE is not.
> 
> - --
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> search for 'dannemare' on http://pgpkeys.mit.edu Key 
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Bug#252000: debian-installer installation report

[Gary Whittaker]

Package: installation-reports


In response to your earlier suggestions & questions:

- yes, I did try the linux26 option; same result: after the CD boots,
there's the choose language screen, the choose keyboard layout screen, then
the detect & mount CD loop begins. (this is with the "new" installer on
sarge-i386-netinst)

- I *have* installed woody from CD1 of the stable distro, so the old
installer seems to work with this CD-ROM drive

- searching through the output of dmesg after booting into woody shows hdc
as LTN4855 ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM DRIVE

- Martin wanted me to "check what kind of modules are loaded and maybe load
some more"; I'm not sure what you mean--the system doesn't install, so
there's no modules.conf or anything...

>> I think Martin was speaking about kernel modules.
>> To know what modules are loaded, issue the 'lsmod' command.
>>
>> If you find modules of which the name could be of significant interest
>> for you needs, issue the 'modprobe' command like in the following example
:

How would I issue these commands when the install crashes right in the
beginning?  Are you talking about trying to make a custom boot CD?


Thanks, --Gary



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Bug#252000: debian-installer installation report

[Gary Whittaker]

I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean... What do you mean by "modules"
(could you give an example?); "loaded" where?;  how do I "load some more"?;
what would be examples of "some more"?

Thanks again for your assistance and patience,   --Gary

-Original Message-
From: Martin Michlmayr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 8:47 PM
To: Gary Whittaker
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bug#252000: debian-installer installation report


* Gary Whittaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-01 19:41]:
> I used the exact same CD (20040530 sarge-i386-netinst) to install to a
> Gateway today, so there must be something about that IBM's drive.  What
> should I look for?

Can you check which kind of modules are loaded and maybe load some
more?
--
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Bug#252000: debian-installer installation report

[Gary Whittaker]

Thanks for getting back to me.  I've already tried the linux26 option; it
had the same results.  I have not had any luck with the CD drive in this
machine with linux (except for booting from it, as per original report)... I
haven't tried KNOPPIX; I probably won't take the time to download it unless
you tell me it's essential to the troubleshooting process.  If so, I'll get
right to it.

I used the exact same CD (20040530 sarge-i386-netinst) to install to a
Gateway today, so there must be something about that IBM's drive.  What
should I look for?

--Gary Wittaker



-Original Message-
From: Martin Michlmayr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:28 PM
To: Gary Whittaker; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bug#252000: debian-installer installation report


* Gary Whittaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-31 21:40]:
> Initiated install from CD; get "choose language" screen (picked American
> English); got choose country screen (picked US); then proceeds to load
> modules to search for CD drive; get message "Failed to find and mount a
> Debian CD-ROM, Do you want to try again" ; when I choose "Yes", it just
> tries again with the same results

Can you boot with the linux26 option to see if kernel 2.6 finds the CD
drive.  Can you try something like KNOPPIX and see if that works?
Have you been able to use the CD in that machine under Linux before?
--
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Bug#252000: debian-installer installation report

[Gary Whittaker]

Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 
uname -a: Date: 5/29, 30, & 31/04Method: From CD (sarge-i386-netinst)
Machine: IBM NetVista PIII 800 MHz 128M 
40GProcessor: Pentium 
3Memory:128 MbRoot Device: 
DNA - didn't get that farRoot 
Size/partition table: DNA - didn't get that 
farOutput of lspci: DNA - didn't get that far
 
Base System Installation Checklist:
 
Initial boot worked:    [O]Configure network HW:   [*] *this option not presented at this 
pointConfig network: 
[*] *this option not presented at this 
pointDetect 
CD:  
[E]Load installer modules: [ 
]Detect hard drives: [ ]Partition hard 
drives:  [ ]Create file systems:    [ ]Mount 
partitions:   [ ]Install base 
system:    [ ]Install boot loader:    [ 
]Reboot: 
[ ][O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try 
it
 
Comments/Problems:
Initiated install 
from CD; get "choose language" screen (picked American English); got choose 
country screen (picked US); then proceeds to load modules to search for CD 
drive; get message "Failed to find and mount 
a Debian CD-ROM, Do you want to try again" ; when I choose "Yes", it just tries 
again with the same results
 
I've tried it 
several times using CD created from sarge-i386-netinst.iso.  I've 
tried several builds, including the latest dated 20040530; the MD5SUM checked 
out.  I've even tried sid, which I think also uses the Beta4 
installer.  Same frustrating result each time.  Even though it boots 
from the CD and initiates the install, it can't detect and mount the same 
CD.
 
NOTE: I've used 
this same method (CD install from sarge-i386-netinst) on another PC with 
excellent results.  The other PC is also a P3 of similar vintage and 
endowments, but is NOT an IBM NetVista, it's a clone.
 
 

Bug#250596: Package: installation-reports

[Gary M. Witscher]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: May 15 2004
http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso

uname -a: Linux debian.bigboy.net 2.6.3 #1 Thu Feb 26 19:18:42 PST 2004
i686 GNU/Linux

Method: Installed from 100meg base install cd image
Booted from install CD

Machine: Dell Latitude C600
Processor: PIII
Memory: 256 SODIM
Root Device: hda7 ide 
Root Size/partition table: 
Partition Table for /dev/hda

---Starting---  EndingStart Number
of # Flags Head Sect Cyl   ID  Head Sect Cyl SectorSectors
-- -        --- ---
 1  0x00110 0x83  254   63   11  63  192717
 2  0x8001   12 0x06  254   63  254  192780 3903795
 3  0x0001  255 0x83  254   63  740 4096575 7807590
 4  0x0001  741 0x05  254   63 10231190416527165915
 5  0x0011  741 0x82  254   63  764  63  385497
 6  0x0011  765 0x83  254   63 1023  6320482812
 7  0x00  254   63 1023 0x83  254   63 1023  63 6297417

   Output of lspci:
 lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
(rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03) 00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i
PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10) 00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com
Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus (rev 10) 00:10.1 Communication
controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA
compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev
02)

Base System Installation Checklist:

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:[]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

The only problem that I encountered was that my wireless pcmcia card was
not detected automatically as it was in beta3. When I got to the network
detection part no network cards were found. I retried several times with
out any response. All I had to do is eject the wireless pcmcia card and
reinsert it, then run the detection routine again. The card was detected
and the remainder of the install went flawlessly.

Thanks for a great installer.



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Bug#229866: Package: installation-reports

[Gary M. Witscher]

Hi Martin:

I'm not sure if you wanted a personal response to this, but here it is.
Both of these issues are resolved in beta4.

I will file a regular bug report as well - there is a new issue in
beta4.

Thanks for a great installer,
Gary


On Mon, 3 May 2004 01:25:15 +0100
Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> * Gary M. Witscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-26 20:28]:
> > I installed twice, and after the base install the system rebooted.
> > The reboot failed both times. The last message in the boot sequence
> > was similar to 'Detected two usb ports'. My machine only has one usb
> > port. At any rate I simply turned off the machine and booted, this
> > boot completed and the installation process continued.
> 
> Can you please try the new beta4 and let us know if you still see this
> problem?
> 
> > I already have a running system and was disappointed by the lack of
> > consideration for those of us who do have running systems when it
> > came time to install the boot loader. I have no problem with lilo
> > (although I don't use it), but I didn't want or need to install ANY
> > boot loader and saw no option for avoiding the lilo installation (I
> > even erased the input dialog completely and it still installed).
> 
> In beta4, GRUB is installed and existing operating systems will be
> recognized.  You should also be able to just skip installing a boot
> loader altogether... can you try beta4 and see if that works in a nice
> way?
> -- 
> Martin Michlmayr
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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Bug#238989: Package: installation-reports

[Gary M. Witscher]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: March 15 2004
http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso

uname -a: Linux debian.bigboy.net 2.6.3 #1 Thu Feb 26 19:18:42 PST 2004
i686 GNU/Linux

Method: Installed from 100meg base install cd image
Booted from install CD

Machine: Dell Latitude C600
Processor: PIII
Memory: 256 SODIM
Root Device: hda7 ide 
Root Size/partition table: 
Partition Table for /dev/hda

---Starting---  EndingStart Number
of # Flags Head Sect Cyl   ID  Head Sect Cyl SectorSectors
-- -        --- ---
 1  0x00110 0x83  254   63   11  63  192717
 2  0x8001   12 0x06  254   63  254  192780 3903795
 3  0x0001  255 0x83  254   63  740 4096575 7807590
 4  0x0001  741 0x05  254   63 10231190416527165915
 5  0x0011  741 0x82  254   63  764  63  385497
 6  0x0011  765 0x83  254   63 1023  6320482812
 7  0x00  254   63 1023 0x83  254   63 1023  63 6297417

   Output of lspci:
 lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
(rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03) 00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i
PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10) 00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com
Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus (rev 10) 00:10.1 Communication
controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA
compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev
02)

Base System Installation Checklist:

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:[O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

This was a super installation, everything went very well. I was
surprised to see that my wireless network connection was detected as the
beta2 installer was not able to do that. The addition of a full
featured partition tool is a big plus - one that really sets this
installer apart from it's earlier versions. This is a great installer.

If I wanted to point out one weakness in the installation process it
would have to be the difficulty that multilevel multisection dialogs
present to the user.  One example of this is the partitioning dialogs.
Many of these dialogs have three input sections - one to bring up a
secondary dialog - one to display an action  menu - and one at the
bottom to display action 'buttons'.  At first I was confused by this,
but even after figuring it out I was still uncomfortable with it.
Perhaps, from a ui standpoint, each of these dialogs should be encased
in their own line boxes. This would at least visually separate them,
which would reinforce that they are separate inputs that perform
separate actions. 

Thanks goes to all who have seen this project through and will continue
to improve on this solid foundation!


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Bug#229866: Package: installation-reports

[Gary M. Witscher]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: January 24 2004
http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso

uname -a: Linux debian.bigboy.net 2.6.0 #1 Thu Jan 8 21:57:18 PST 2004
i686 GNU/Linux Date: January 25 2004 10:00 (am)

Method: Installed from 100meg base install cd image
Booted from install CD

Machine: Dell Latitude C600
Processor: PIII
Memory: 256 SODIM
Root Device: hda7 ide 
Root Size/partition table: 
Partition Table for /dev/hda

---Starting---  EndingStart Number
of # Flags Head Sect Cyl   ID  Head Sect Cyl SectorSectors
-- -        --- ---
 1  0x00110 0x83  254   63   11  63  192717
 2  0x8001   12 0x06  254   63  254  192780 3903795
 3  0x0001  255 0x83  254   63  740 4096575 7807590
 4  0x0001  741 0x05  254   63 10231190416527165915
 5  0x0011  741 0x82  254   63  764  63  385497
 6  0x0011  765 0x83  254   63 1023  6320482812
 7  0x00  254   63 1023 0x83  254   63 1023  63 6297417

   Output of lspci:
 lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
(rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03) 00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i
PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10) 00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com
Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus (rev 10) 00:10.1 Communication
controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA
compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev
02)

Base System Installation Checklist:

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:[O]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

I installed twice, and after the base install the system rebooted. The
reboot failed both times. The last message in the boot sequence was
similar to 'Detected two usb ports'. My machine only has one usb port.
At any rate I simply turned off the machine and booted, this boot
completed and the installation process continued.

I already have a running system and was disappointed by the lack of
consideration for those of us who do have running systems when it came
time to install the boot loader. I have no problem with lilo (although I
don't use it), but I didn't want or need to install ANY boot loader and
saw no option for avoiding the lilo installation (I even erased the
input dialog completely and it still installed).


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Boot problem

[McAllister, Gary]

Once I setup and 
install the system using the compact install option linux fails to 
boot.
 
I am installing on 
an old compaq proliant 2500 server.
 
I think its due to 
the fact LILO is not installed in the MBR but have not yet found a decent site 
to explain how to go about this.
 
I have managed to 
get it to stick at a flashing underscore after running the first 
disk.
 
Any help is much 
appreciated.



  
  

  

Gary 
  McAllister Integration 
  EngineerEPR Team - Kings College 
  Hospital[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 


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Re: woody install problems

[Gary Seven]

I'm wondering why I've not received any responces. Am I on the right list?

Gary Seven wrote:

>  I'm having a really tough time installing woody on a tyan tiger mp or 
> mpx. No matter what what I do the install either:
> - detects no hard drives at all
> - finds the drives, but hangs during file system initialization
> - gets to the point of writing files onto the file system, then hangs
> part way thru.
>
> Oddly enough, I've had this same mother board, drives, drive 
> controllers, etc running RH7.1; but now, neither RH7.3 or woody will 
> install on the system (can't find the rh7.1 discs to re-try it).
>
> Win2K installs and runs just fine. Which sorta indicates that the 
> hardware is fine.
>
> I've also tried different drive controllers. The system was originally 
> running with two cd writers on the MB's primary and secondary ide 
> channels and the drives on a 3ware ide raid card. However, I suspect 
> that the file system performance was really poor and I want something 
> to compare to; so I wanted to remove the ide raid card and test the 
> file system with the one hard drive and cd writer on the MB's ide.
>
> For the installs with the pci ide cards I did use bf2.4.
>
> I've even changed MB's. The orginal MB was a tyan tiger MP purcahsed a 
> year ago, second was a tiger MPX purchased recently. Am using DDR ECC 
> memory.
>
> I've tried installing RH7.3 and woody under the following conditions, 
> and both fail at one of the previously mentioned points:
> - hard drive on MB's primary ide, cd writer on MB's secondary ide
> - hard drives on promside pci ide controller (no raid)
> - hard drives on 3ware pci ide raid card, configured JBOD
> cd writes on MB's primary and secondary ide
>
> I've searched the mailing list archives high and low looking for 
> problems that matched mine; but the only thing I've found was a post 
> saying to use bf2.4 and one pointing to some other files to use:
>
> Peter, Try this one
> http://people.debian.org/~blade/boot-floppies/cvs/boot-bf2.4-with-basedebs.iso 
> <http://people.debian.org/%7Eblade/boot-floppies/cvs/boot-bf2.4-with-basedebs.iso> 
>
> This works for me on every think I have tried it in.
>
> Can't figure out what to do with this one: doesn't boot and neither do 
> any of the images on it.
>
> Wont work with this crap without additional modules. See
> http://www.debian.org/~blade/install/preload/ 
> <http://www.debian.org/%7Eblade/install/preload/>.
>
> This didn't help either; but it doesn't seem like I should need it if 
> the hard drive is just on the MB's ide.
>
>
>
>




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woody install problems

[Gary Seven]

  I'm having a really tough time installing woody on a tyan tiger mp or 
mpx. No matter what what I do the install either:
- detects no hard drives at all
- finds the drives, but hangs during file system initialization
- gets to the point of writing files onto the file system, then hangs
part way thru.

Oddly enough, I've had this same mother board, drives, drive 
controllers, etc running RH7.1; but now, neither RH7.3 or woody will 
install on the system (can't find the rh7.1 discs to re-try it).

Win2K installs and runs just fine. Which sorta indicates that the 
hardware is fine.

I've also tried different drive controllers. The system was originally 
running with two cd writers on the MB's primary and secondary ide 
channels and the drives on a 3ware ide raid card. However, I suspect 
that the file system performance was really poor and I want something to 
compare to; so I wanted to remove the ide raid card and test the file 
system with the one hard drive and cd writer on the MB's ide.

For the installs with the pci ide cards I did use bf2.4.

I've even changed MB's. The orginal MB was a tyan tiger MP purcahsed a 
year ago, second was a tiger MPX purchased recently. Am using DDR ECC 
memory.

I've tried installing RH7.3 and woody under the following conditions, 
and both fail at one of the previously mentioned points:
- hard drive on MB's primary ide, cd writer on MB's secondary ide
- hard drives on promside pci ide controller (no raid)
- hard drives on 3ware pci ide raid card, configured JBOD
cd writes on MB's primary and secondary ide

I've searched the mailing list archives high and low looking for 
problems that matched mine; but the only thing I've found was a post 
saying to use bf2.4 and one pointing to some other files to use:

Peter, Try this one
http://people.debian.org/~blade/boot-floppies/cvs/boot-bf2.4-with-basedebs.iso 

This works for me on every think I have tried it in.

Can't figure out what to do with this one: doesn't boot and neither do 
any of the images on it.

Wont work with this crap without additional modules. See
http://www.debian.org/~blade/install/preload/ 
.

This didn't help either; but it doesn't seem like I should need it if 
the hard drive is just on the MB's ide.




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help

[GARY P LARGESS]

I have 3 CD's from Penguin Power to 
install Debian 2.2.
 
I wish to install Debian on an older 
machine to get the feel of it before I install it on a machine I am currently 
building. This is a "project" computer, so I have no partition issues, Debian 
can erase the HDD.
 
The older machine is a P133, 3G HDD, 
40 M RAM, which I have successfully installed Red Hat & Corel 
Linux.
 
This machine will not boot from CD. 
I have managed to make the first installation floppy disk.
 
When I turn the machine on the 
"Welcome to Debian" screen appears, and instructs me to press 
'enter'.
 
Loading 
Linux.
Uncompressing 
Linux..
Then a bunch of information about 
the machine.
 
Then "VFS: Insert root floppy disk 
to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER"
 
This is where I'm 
stuck.
I have not been able to figure out 
how to make the root FD. And believe me I have spent many many many hours trying 
to figure it out on the Debian main page. This is my last hope before giving up, 
and using RH.
 
Can you tell me how to make a 
root FD, that is appropriate for this machine and kernel- 
image-2.2.17_2.2.17pre6-1? And if I need another floppy after the root... please 
tell me how to make that also.
 
Or how to force the machine to boot 
from CD, or how to install Debain... after booting in RH... or any other method 
that would allow me to install Debian on this machine.
 
Gary Largess
Tipton, 
Iowa

Re: boot-floppies 2.2.17 req'd packages

[Gary Kline]

On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 11:29:20PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 07:36:30PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > 
> > Here's the list of pkgs from potato-porposed-updates which I used for
> > boot-floppies 2.2.17:
> > 
> >   base-config_0.33_i386.deb
> >   debconf-tiny_0.2.80.17_all.deb
> >   libc6_2.1.3-13_i386.deb
> >   locales_2.1.3-13_i386.deb
> >   makedev_2.3.1-46_all.deb
> >   task-x-window-system-core_1.2_i386.deb
> > 
> > Porters, please try to replicate this list.
> > 
> > Porters, is anyone working on boot-floppies 2.2.17 for non-i386 ?
> 
> I'll get sparc in the morning. I need to build new 2.2.17 kernel images
> too.
> 

It's been a long time since I've heard from this list.  Is this
pertaining to Debian-BSD still?  

gary


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Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?

[Gary Jones]

>I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes

>I decided to run `md5sum' on each file on the CD-ROM, and compare its
>output with the file /cdrom/md5sum.txt.  I was surprised to find that
>they differed.

>(there are many other such files):

I'm really not surprised. I had CheapBytes RH and had all sorts of
problems with the CDs. It was these problems that convinced me that I
needed to get some new Linux CDs, from there it was a small matter to
decide to move everything to Debian (rather than just have it on my
laptop). CheapBytes have guaranteed no repeat business from this
quarter.

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