Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: beta 2
uname -a: tried testing
Date: 2-12-04 2:00pm EST
Method: Downloaded boot floppies because the CDROM wouldn't boot. Gets to
ISO-LINUX.....
Machine: Versalogic VSBC-8
Processor: PIII 850MHz
Memory: 256MB
Root Device: IDE, TravelStar 20GB 2.5" drive
Root Size/partition table:
/boot 64MB
/ 2GB
swap 256MB
/var 500MB
/tmp 500MB
/home 2.5GB
/usr ~4.5GB
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
At the screen to install LILO I hit return using the default hard drive.
It went to a black screen, displayed a few messages about failing to load
certain module, like usb-serial, then went right back to the LILO screen.
Hitting return and choosing 'continue' both resulted in this behavior. I
then tried to leave the field blank and hit return and got the same thing.
I thought I was dead in the water, so I hit a few garbage characters, hit
return, and got back to the menu of installation options.
I then installed GRUB, which seems to have worked, though the GRUB
installer progress-bar didn't get cleared and now I'm back at the
installer main menu.
I then chose to finish the installation, and then main menu disappeared,
displaying the GRUB progress-bar, which was at 80% and said "updating
/etc/kernel-img.conf". It never did anything, so I hit the reset button.
No kernel ever gets installed, so the boot fails.
I tried this 3 or 4 times with different servers and had same results.
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
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