Bug#475525: Failure to start after installation using grub

2008-04-11 Thread Facundo Ariel PĆ©rez
Here they go ...

Regards.
Facundo.



El Friday 11 April 2008 16:56:57 Frans Pop escribiĆ³:
> On Friday 11 April 2008, Facundo Ariel Perez wrote:
> > I've two disk drives :
> > - 80 gb serial ata ( initially detected as /dev/sda and after
> > installation /dev/sdb )
> > - 40 gb ata-133 ( initially detected as /dev/hdc and after
> > installation /dev/sda )
> >
> > Comments/Problems:
> >
> > The problem is that after rebootig, grub boots ok, but then when it
> > tries to start the system, it can't find the partition /dev/sda1 ( as
> > it was detected at installation time ).
> > What I found out was that the disk was now detected as /dev/sdb
> > instead of /dev/sda.
>
> This is a known issue described in the errata for both the stable release
> and the Lenny 1 release [1]. You found the correct way to deal with it,
> although you can potentially find yourself in the same situation again if
> the "wrong" driver should be loaded first.
>
> However, it seems that two different modules are claiming to support your
> IDE drive, which AFAIK should not happen, so the output of 'lspci -nn'
> would be very welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>
> [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata


00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 
661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host [1039:0661] (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port 
(virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge) [1039:0003]
00:02.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL 
Media IO] [1039:0964] (rev 36)
00:02.5 IDE interface [0101]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] 
[1039:5513] (rev 01)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 
AC'97 Sound Controller [1039:7012] (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 
Controller [1039:7001] (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 
Controller [1039:7001] (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 
Controller [1039:7001] (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 
Controller [1039:7002]
00:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI 
Fast Ethernet [1039:0900] (rev 90)
00:05.0 IDE interface [0101]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SATA [1039:0181] 
(rev 01)
00:08.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Zoran Corporation ZR36057PQC Video 
cutting chipset [11de:6057] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 
MX/MX 400] [10de:0110] (rev b2)
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 
661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host [1039:0661] (rev 11)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device [1043:8113]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: 
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-sis
Kernel modules: sis-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port 
(virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge) [1039:0003] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: e000-efff
Memory behind bridge: d6f0-d7ff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d800-dfff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:02.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL 
Media IO] [1039:0964] (rev 36)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:02.5 IDE interface [0101]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] 
[1039:5513] (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device [1043:810e]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
Capabilities: 
Kernel driver in use: pata_sis
Kernel modules: pata_sis, sis5513

00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 
AC'97 Sound Controller [1039:7012] (rev a0)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device [1043:810f]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 23
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Capabilities: 
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

00:03.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 
Controller [1039:7001] (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device [1043:810e]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at d6efc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
Kernel modules: ohci-hcd

00:03.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Silicon Integr

Bug#475525: Failure to start after installation using grub

2008-04-11 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 11 April 2008, Facundo Ariel Perez wrote:
> I've two disk drives :
> - 80 gb serial ata ( initially detected as /dev/sda and after
> installation /dev/sdb )
> - 40 gb ata-133 ( initially detected as /dev/hdc and after
> installation /dev/sda )
>
> Comments/Problems:
>
> The problem is that after rebootig, grub boots ok, but then when it
> tries to start the system, it can't find the partition /dev/sda1 ( as
> it was detected at installation time ).
> What I found out was that the disk was now detected as /dev/sdb
> instead of /dev/sda.

This is a known issue described in the errata for both the stable release 
and the Lenny 1 release [1]. You found the correct way to deal with it, 
although you can potentially find yourself in the same situation again if 
the "wrong" driver should be loaded first.

However, it seems that two different modules are claiming to support your 
IDE drive, which AFAIK should not happen, so the output of 'lspci -nn' 
would be very welcome.

Cheers,
FJP

[1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata



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Bug#475525: Failure to start after installation using grub

2008-04-11 Thread Facundo Ariel Perez
Package: installation-reports

Boot method: CD
Image version: 
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/20080410-2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Date: Apr 11 2008 01:00 UTC

Machine: Pc clon
Processor: PIV 2.4 ghz
Memory: 1 gb
Partitions:

/dev/sda1jfsmounted as /
/dev/sda3   xfsmouned as /home
/dev/sda5   swap
/dev/sda6   xfsmounted as /data

Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: ( I'll send it to you later )

I've two disk drives :

- 80 gb serial ata ( initially detected as /dev/sda and after
installation /dev/sdb )
- 40 gb ata-133 ( initially detected as /dev/hdc and after
installation /dev/sda )

Base System Installation Checklist: [O]

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: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install:   [O]

Comments/Problems:

The problem is that after rebootig, grub boots ok, but then when it
tries to start the system, it can't find the partition /dev/sda1 ( as
it was detected at installation time ).
What I found out was that the disk was now detected as /dev/sdb
instead of /dev/sda.
So I changed the parameter in grub ( "E" command ) and changed
/dev/sda1 by /dev/sdb1.
After that, it loads the kernel but the system can't find the other
partitions ( /dev/sda3 /dev/sda5 - swap - /dev/sda6 ).
At that moment, it is proposed to give root password for entering in
maintenance mode, so I did it.
Then I changed the contents of the /dev/fstab to match the new way the
disk is detected ( /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sda ).
I alsa have to change the configuration file of the resume to point to
the "new" swap partition.
After that the system works great.

   Regards.
   Facundo.
   Buenos Aires - Argentina



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