Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 29-Feb-2004 http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/i386/20040229/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux pluto 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Mon, 1 mar 2004, ca 13.00 CET Method: network installation, non-proxied
Machine: noname p3 Processor: Intel p3 Coppermine 550MHz Memory: 512MiB Root Device: IDE, Maxtor HDD, root /dev/hda1 Root Size/partition table: only hda1 mounted, size 1GiB Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev 44) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP] 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 ISA [Mobile South] (rev 21) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10) 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 0d) 00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 Power Management (rev 30) 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c595 100BaseTX [Vortex] 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) 00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage II+ 215GTB [Mach64 GTB] (rev 9a) 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30) 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) 00:0d.1 Communication controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [E] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: The uname -a output above isn't accurate, I've installed 2.4.25 from unstable right away to get XFS support. I really wish sarge installer (and kernel) had XFS :) As for the partition mounting issue: there are actually two drives in the system, to use RAID-1. The second drive had been used a few hours before in a test installation, and used to have a swap partition as hda1 (now hdc1), but that was destroyed and differently sized using the partitioner. However d-i still detected it as a swap partition (even if the partition type was now "linux" instead of "linux swap" and insisted on turning it on while hadn't marked it for swap. It wasn't until I told d-i to turn it into a non-mounted ext3 partition that it succeeded. 'nother note: I had little time for installation so I went over it quickly, but I couldn't immediately find a way to create MD devices (and use them) in d-i. There should be one. (I know how to install into a swap partition and migrate to RAID, but that doesn't make it less of a kludge. If there is MD support in d-i, it should be easier to found.) Regards, Filip -- "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." -- Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]