Package: installation-reports Severity: important Boot method: netinst CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/ from June 8th Date: June 8th, 2011 / June 9th, 2011
Machine: Custome made AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 ext3 961192 166388 745976 19% /
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /lib/init/rw
tmpfs tmpfs 7688360 1620968 5676840 23% /var/run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 2882592 71872 2664288 3% /tmp
udev tmpfs 4059536 0 4059536 0% /dev
df: `/var/run/shm': No such file or directory
tmpfs tmpfs 7688360 1620968 5676840 23% /var/run
/dev/sda2 ext2 91511 16880 69749 20% /boot
/dev/mapper/system_vg-home_vg
ext3 5765236 142668 5329704 3% /home
/dev/mapper/system_vg-tmp_lv
ext3 2882592 71872 2664288 3% /tmp
/dev/mapper/system_vg-usr_vg
ext3 7688360 3659432 3638376 51% /usr
/dev/mapper/system_vg-var_vg
ext3 7688360 1620968 5676840 23% /var
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: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Overall install: [E]
The machine has a 2 TB disk and is using GPT / EFI (as far as I understand)
I used expert install all the time.
The following problems appeared, please clone / reassign appropriately.
Comments/Problems:
a) LVM tries to use the entire available disk (which is fine!) but then
suggests one logical volume to span the entire remaining physical volume
(in my case /home). I could not find out how to change volume sizes. Since
I wanted to install further logical volumes later (and do not need a 2 TB
/home) I had to revert to manual partitioning (see b))
Type: wishlist
Description: Make size(s) of logical volumes configurable
b) Once guided partitioning is chosen, manual partitioning does no longer
work. The menu item is available, but returns to guided partitioning.
I had to open a shell, run gparted, delete all partitions and reboot
(into the installer) to actually manually partition.
Type: normal
Description: Either remove "manual partitioning" from the menu when
guided partitioning was chosen *or* actually allow for
manual partitioning after guided (the latter is preferred)
c) The boot partion (more on that in d)) gets the flag "boot". However,
both grub installation within the installer *and* on the shell fail (both
in MBR and in /dev/sda). Running
set 1 bios_grub on
within gparted (which cleared the flag "boot" at the same time) enabled
the grub install to be completed, both in the installer and on the console.
Type: serious
Description: For gpt, the flag has to be "bios_grub" *not* "boot"
d) Since I did a manual partitioning, I partitioned as I was used from other
systems, putting /boot as the first partition. Using (c)) I "sucessfully"
installed grub, but then after the reboot (see also e) for that) I could
not boot; i.e. only "GRUB." was shown.
Type: serious
Description: If gpt partitioning is chosen, the first partition (10 MB)
must *not* have a file system on it. If a file system is
present,
grub installation must *not* succeed, neither in the installer
nor on the console (probably a bug in grub-pc?).
The installer should probably warn if the first partition
contains a filesystem and/or is prepared for mounting.
e) There is no way to reboot in the installer. Chosing "Finishing install"
finally ejects the CD-ROM, but then returns to the main installer screen,
where no "reboot" is shown. This is even the case if the other problems
listed above are solved and/or partially present.
Type: important
Description: The installer should either reboot autmatically or offer
a menu entry for doing so (the former is preferred, probably
after a warning)
f) After the system finally rebooted the keyboard is lost after X starts,
both for kdm and for gdm. A mouse is currently (not yet) connected.
In the grub prompt, the emergeny root shell and if kdm/gdm is stopped
(via login via ssh) the keyboard works. I will investigate next how
to enable the keyboard.
Type: important
Description: After X (kdm/gdm3) is installed by the installer, the
keyboard does not work (at least within kdm/gdm3).
If you need further infos/install logs do not hesitate to ask.
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