Package: Install base system Boot method: CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily- builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso 07-Jan-2009 Date: 07-Jan-2009 and approx. 15:00 EST USA Machine: Abit KT7A-RAID mobo Athlon 1.2GHz T-bird 512MB RAM VIA Apollo KT133A chipset HighPoint HPT370 RAID chipset ATi Radeon VE (7000) Generic 105 key PS/2 keyboard Logitech LX3 USB mouse connect through a PS/2 adapter Maxtor 20GB HD Teac CD burner Ethernet card Sound Blaster sound card 4 USB ports Hanns-G LCD monitor The parallel port and 1 serial port have been disabled. It is a very basic, no-frills system. Partitions: PRIMARY PARTITIONS: Partition 1: FAT 125MB MSDOS Partition 2: FAT32 1.47GB Windows 98 Partition 3: EXT3 203MB /boot EXTENDED PARTITION: Partition 4: FAT32 1.17GB Partition 5: FAT32 352MB Partition 6: FAT32 400MB Partition 7: FAT32 996MB Partition 8: FAT32 7MB Partition 9: FAT32 1.07GB Partition 10: FAT32 753MB Partition 11: FAT32 996MB Partition 12: EXT3 5.76GB /home Partition 13: EXT3 4.87GB /root Partition 14: Swap Area 996MB Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): Don't know what this is and Debian will not install to get it. 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: [E] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup: [O] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [E] Overall install: [ ] Comments/Problems: I've tried multiple times to install Lenny on my computer that ran Etch just fine. Each time I try to install Lenny (starting a year ago), during the install process the error "Unable to install the selected kernel" pops up during the "Configuring linux-image-2.6.26-1-486" process. This also happens when I try installing linux-image-2.6- 486. These are the only two kernel images offered. Etch r2 to r5 always offered the 686 kernel. This Lenny installation CD does contain the 686 kernels but only offers the 486 kernels. In terminal 4, the log shows: "mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image Failed to create initrd image dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.26-1-486 (--nfigure) subprocess post-installtion script returned error xit status 9 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code 1 For my latest install attempt of Lenny, I selected "None" at the kernel prompt thinking I could install the correct kernel later. However, GRUB failed to install. I install GRUB in the /boot partition because I use another boot loader (System Commander) that resides in the MBR and detects GRUB in /boot. What I got from terminal 4 was: "main-menu[1205]: (process:3101): sed: /target/etc/kernel-img.cf: No such file or directory." The other problem I found with both Etch r5 and Lenny installers is that they do not correctly identify the hard drive partition numbers during the "Partition hard drives:" phase beyond partitions 1 and 2. The partitioner sees partition 3 as #4, partition 4 as #5, partition 5 as #6 and so on. When I installed GRUB for Etch r5, I had to designate "/dev/hde4" to install it into partition 3 (/boot), which should be "/dev/hde3". Etch r2 showed the correct partition numbers. I'm fairly new to Debian and Linux in general. I'm glad to help make Debian better but I have not yet learned the fancy stuff, like checking MD5s, and have forgotten much of what I learned 7 months after I accidentally trashed my Etch install. As such, I kind of starting over. I know Etch installs and runs just fine but I don't know what else to offer to get Lenny to install cleanly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
