Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD debian-6.0.5 amd64 business card Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/6.0.5/amd64/iso-cd/debian-6.0.5-amd64-businesscard.iso Date: May 25, 2012, JST
Machine: Self built PC based on Intel M/B D2700DC
Processor: Intel D2700
Memory: 8GB
M/B spec. says 4GB Max, but it boots and even its BIOS recognize 8GB
Have not examined the recognized memory above 4GB, yet.
Also tried a pair of 8GB modules, but it fails to boot as 16GB.
$ cat /proc/meminfo is attached as dmeminfo.lst
HDD partitions:
Disk /dev/sda: 312581808 sectors, 149.1 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): C1701390-2E1C-49D9-8B12-FBA7131DDD90
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 312581774
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 5741 sectors (2.8 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 526335 256.0 MiB EF00 EFI System
2 526336 67635199 32.0 GiB 8300 Sq64@d27@52512
3 67635200 134744063 32.0 GiB 8200 Linux swap
4 134744064 201852927 32.0 GiB 0700 Wh64@d27@52512
5 201852928 268961791 32.0 GiB EF00 Cent62@d27@52812
6 268961792 285739007 8.0 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem
7 285739008 302516223 8.0 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem
8 302516224 312578047 4.8 GiB EF00 Cent62Txt@d27@52812
Partitions: ~$ df -Tl
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs rootfs 33027952 2601692 28748540 9% /
udev devtmpfs 4084296 0 4084296 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 818036 312 817724 1% /run
/dev/sda4 ext3 33027952 2601692 28748540 9% /
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 1636072 12 1636060 1% /tmp
tmpfs tmpfs 1636072 76 1635996 1% /run/shm
/dev/sda1 vfat 261868 78752 183116 31% /boot/efi
/dev/sdb1 vfat 507104 78696 428408 16% /media/UEFI1
Output of lspci -knn:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx DRAM
Controller [8086:0bf3] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor
D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0be2] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition
Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI
Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
[8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller
[8086:27bc] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA
Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:27c1] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
[8086:27da] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network
Connection [8086:10d3]
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2011]
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
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: [O]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
1. Both Squeeze, and Wheezy install are tried to EFI enabled, GPT partitioned
system.
To enable EFI boot, the followings are performed in advance
a. HDD is partitioned by SystemRescueCD
CentOS partitions are named here using gdisk c subcommand
Debian partitions can be named during normal install
b. USB stick of partition size 512MB is vfat formatted, and have the
following
structure:
\EFI
\BOOT
\BOOTX86.efi
\ELILO
\elilo.efi
*** BOOTX86.efi
You can find 64-bit binary of EFI shell in EFI Development Kit: EDK
1.06.zip
{EDK}\Other\Maintained\Application\UefiShell\bin\x64\Shell_full.efi.
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=EDK
Copy & rename it to your FAT32 partition as \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI.
*** elilo.efi
Download elilo-3.14 from sourceforge
http://en.sourceforge.jp/projects/sfnet_elilo/
Untar it, and copy /elilo-3.14/elilo.efi to \EFI\ELILO
2. Both Squeeze & Wheezy install are performed using "expert install". Both
GRUB & LILO loader install are skipped, and choose without loader install.
3. Before last step of "finish install", by alt-F2, then hit the return, and do
the rest of efi install by:
a. Enter chroot environment
# chroot /target /bin/bash
b. Copy 2 files to usb stick
# cd /boot
# mkdir /mnt/alt
# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/alt ; /dev/sdb is a prepared USB stick
# cp vmlinuz*-amd64 /mnt/alt/EFI/ELILO
# cp initrd.*-amd64 /mnt/alt/EFI/ELILO
c. Create & edit /mnt/alt/EFI/ELILO/elilo.conf (sample elilo.conf is
attached)
d. Copy usb image to ESP(/dev/sda1)
# mkdir efi
# mount /dev/sda1 efi : mounted to /boot/efi
# cp -R /mnt/alt/EFI efi
e. Install efibootmgr
# apt-get install efibootmgr
f. Append module "efivars" to /etc/modules
g. Append the following line to /etc/fstab
/dev/sda1 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
h. Unmount
# umount /boot/efi
# umount /mnt/alt
i. Exit from chroot environment, and by Alt-F1, return to normal install
4. Normal install is completed, and efi boot is tested. Neither Squeeze nor
Wheezy boot through elilo in HDD's ESP. Squeeze cannot boot through USB
stick's elilo either, but Wheezy can through USB stick. This seems the result
of kernel being efi-concious or not. Or current elilo may be bad. Is there
2MB restriction, still? Anyway I cannot understand why.
5. This installation requires debugging of EFI BIOS, elilo, and kernel boot
handling. Some of them seems still buggy, but I cannot be specific. If tried
to boot Wheezy from HDD's ESP, elilo says:
Loading file initrd.img-3.2.0-amd...util.c(line 273) :read_file failed Device
Error
initrd.c(line 99) : read image(initrd.img-3.2.0-2-amd64) failed: 2
uninstalled vfat on Acpi (PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1D|7)/Usb(7)/HD(Part1,SigC3072E18)
uninstalled vfat on Acpi
(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1F|2)/Ata(Primary,Master)/HD(Part1,Sig76D099D5-FA30-43D5-BC07-F7341D5CAB45)
6. Following similar procedures, CentOS 6.2 x86_64 can be installed. And shows
the same
efi boot characteristics with Wheezy.
7. Due to proprietary nature of Intel GMA 3650, only resolution of 1280x1024 is
obtained now. But the situation may improve?
8. In Wheezy, Gnome has some problems, but in CentOS 6.2, it does not complain
about it.
9. Copying vmlinuz & initrd files to additional 2 filesystems may create some
inconsistencies later on, Im'afraid.
Thank you for debian installer team, at least I can enjoy EFI & GPT boot Wheezy.
dmeminfo.lst
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elilo.conf
Description: Binary data
