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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 13 May 2004 04:31:30 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 12 21:31:30 2004 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from dsl231-046-209.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net (lothlorien) [216.231.46.209] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1BO7sY-0002gf-00; Wed, 12 May 2004 21:31:30 -0700 Received: from [192.168.0.240] (helo=[192.168.0.240]) by lothlorien with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BO0M3-0001IA-00 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 12 May 2004 13:29:27 -0700 Subject: installer beta 4 installation report (mbr damaged, grub misdetection, cannot boot from rescue disk) From: Adam Lydick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.5.7 Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 21:32:28 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: X-CrossAssassin-Score: 1 Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: unable to boot installed system. installer: Linux (none) 2.4.25-1-386 #2 (date) i686 unknown Date: 2004-05-12 Method: boot and install off cd. Machine: Sony PCG-GR270P Processor: "Intel Pentium III Mobile CPU 1000MHz stepping 01" Memory: 256MB Root Device: IDE, hda3 Root Size/partition table: hda1 - primary - 4.1 GB - ntfs (XP media center, marked as bootable before install) hda2 - primary - ~256 MB - swap hda3 - primary - ~6 GB - reiserfs (root) Output of lspci: (I'll post another installation report with the data, once I can cut and paste) 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: [E] 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: Partitioning -- Not really an error, but I found it difficult to "discover" how to create a swap partition. It would be easier to find if the actions available were all shown in a list. Install boot loader and reboot: Grub came up by default. Due to the detection issue with NTFS (listed in the errata) it didn't see my XP partition. I told it not to clobber the MBR. It asked for an alternate place to put the boot loader, and I tried to install it to /dev/hda3. This failed and I saw several error messages. I tried to continue, but was unable to boot off the rescue disk (linux root=/dev/hda3). I don't know if this was due to my unfamiliarity with devfs or if it represents a real issue. (regardless, a less experienced user will not have a great time with it either) As an added bonus, it looks like the MBR was stomped. XP won't boot off the HD any more. I'll attempt to repair the MBR with the XP rescue disk. Wishlist: I have never tried multibooting with XP and linux before. This is probably a very common scenario, so it would be a very good thing for it to be automatically configured (or at least automatically detected with good HOWTO instructions). I'll file another report when I manage to get to stage2. --------------------------------------- Received: (at 248874-close) by bugs.debian.org; 20 Jul 2004 15:53:10 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jul 20 08:53:10 2004 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from newraff.debian.org [208.185.25.31] (mail) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1BmwvW-0002f8-00; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 08:53:10 -0700 Received: from katie by newraff.debian.org with local (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1Bmwpp-0001zL-00; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:47:17 -0400 From: Anton Zinoviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Katie: $Revision: 1.51 $ Subject: Bug#248874: fixed in partman-basicmethods 18 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Archive Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:47:17 -0400 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: Source: partman-basicmethods Source-Version: 18 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of partman-basicmethods, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: partman-basicmethods_18.dsc to pool/main/p/partman-basicmethods/partman-basicmethods_18.dsc partman-basicmethods_18.tar.gz to pool/main/p/partman-basicmethods/partman-basicmethods_18.tar.gz partman-basicmethods_18_all.udeb to pool/main/p/partman-basicmethods/partman-basicmethods_18_all.udeb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Anton Zinoviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated partman-basicmethods package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:01:23 +0300 Source: partman-basicmethods Binary: partman-basicmethods Architecture: source all Version: 18 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Anton Zinoviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: partman-basicmethods - Basic partition usage methods for partman (udeb) Closes: 248874 Changes: partman-basicmethods (18) unstable; urgency=low . * Anton Zinoviev - remove choose_method/{format,keep}, add choose_method/filesystem and active_partition/format; give the active_partition menu the following look: Use as: {swap|ext3|reiserfs|..|LVM|...} Format: {yes|no} Thanks to Adam Lydick, closes: #248874 * Updated translations: - Arabic (ar.po) by Abdulaziz Al-Arfaj - Bosnian (bs.po) by Safir Šećerović - Welsh (cy.po) by Dafydd Harries - Persian (fa.po) by Arash Bijanzadeh - Hebrew (he.po) by Lior Kaplan - Croatian (hr.po) by Kruno - Norwegian Nynorsk (nn.po) by Håvard Korsvoll - Portuguese (pt.po) by Miguel Figueiredo Files: 79a87d2768dd740499be5d015ee72722 618 debian-installer optional partman-basicmethods_18.dsc 5a211eb26978013af82f49a05ef3ac52 49778 debian-installer optional partman-basicmethods_18.tar.gz 7dfcadb92d92c4f323712d2d3735ae3d 10088 debian-installer optional partman-basicmethods_18_all.udeb package-type: udeb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA/Rw0JP1eZJv0KwcRAlbBAJ4zyl54tuUQtc3AZkfpz00p9PdeyACfXdyt dP7pIUBZSKPcoC4HCkQdBL4= =PDOX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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