Hello,
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:14:12 +0200 Frans Pop wrote:
> > Comments/Problems:
> > 1. when trying to start graphical installer on a low memory system,
> > fallback to text-based installer does not work, system hangs for
> > ever.
>
> With 32MB internal memory, you're basically asking your system to do
> something impossible: load an initrd that's almost the size of your memory
> after a kernel has already been loaded.
Ok.
> If this is an issue, it's something in the kernel upstream as that is the
> only thing that could detect the problem in a timely fashion and warn about
> it. I'm not going to file a BR about it though.
> Documentation seems the best solution here.
Ok. But we have a hint in the manual, that there _is_ such an
automatic fallback (or am I wrong?)
> > 2. cdrom drive (and harddisk) were not detected in step "detecting
> > cd-rom drive". There were no ide related modules loaded
> > automatically in this step, only usb-storage was loaded. When I
> > loaded ide_generic by hand on the second console, it worked, cdrom
> > drive and hard disk were detected.
>
> Please try booting Beta1 with 'hw-detect/load-ide=true'. Does that help?
Yes. Auto-detecting the cdrom drive works this way.
> Also, please provide the output of 'lspci -nn' and 'lsmod'.
> If the above helps, then the last both for a boot with and without that
> parameter.
Output follows at the end of this mail.
> > Creating ext3 partitions on a low memory system
> > is not recommended, so automatic partitioner should not choose
> > ext3 as default in low memory installs.
>
> That's a won't fix. If you choose guided partitioning, you get its defaults,
> and those are not tuned for lowmem. You can either change the file system
> type before committing the changes, or not use guided partitioning.
Ok.
> > 5. booting the new system didn't work:
> > ALERT! /dev/hda1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
>
> That could be ide-generic again. Try booting in rescue mode, mount the
> target system, add ide-generic to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, update the
> initramfs and reboot.
My first experience with rescue mode. Well, it worked quite easy.
After updating initramfs, booting the system worked.
(/etc/initramfs-tools/module was empty before I added ide-generic! )
Only one note: normally there is the hint "rescue mode" in the
left corner at the top of the screen. When running rescue mode on a
low memory machine, there is only "low memory mode" displayed,
nothing about that rescue mode is active.
Output of lspci -nn while booting without "hw-detect/load-ide=true"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Toshiba America Info Systems CPU to PCI bridge
[1179:0601] (rev a0)
00:04.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Chips and Technologies F65555 HiQVPro
[102c:00e5] (rev c6)
00:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 02)
00:11.0 Communication controller [0780]: Toshiba America Info Systems FIR Port
[1179:0701] (rev 21)
00:13.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC97 [1179:060f]
(rev 20)
00:13.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC97 [1179:060f]
(rev 20)
Output of lsmod while booting without "hw-detect/load-ide=true"
Module Size Used by
usb_storage 75712 0
scsi_mod 136460 1 usb_storage
ide_core 111784 1 usb_storage
thermal 13320 0
processor 23856 1 thermal
fan 4868 0
pcmcia 36908 0
firmware_class 9344 1 pcmcia
parport_pc 33316 0
parport 32840 1 parport_pc
floppy 54404 0
ohci_hcd 19460 0
usbcore 123160 3 usb_storage,ohci_hcd
yenta_socket 24844 2
rsrc_nonstatic 11904 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36880 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
Output of lspci -nn while booting with "hw-detect/load-ide=true"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Toshiba America Info Systems CPU to PCI bridge
[1179:0601] (rev a0)
00:04.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Chips and Technologies F65555 HiQVPro
[102c:00e5] (rev c6)
00:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 02)
00:11.0 Communication controller [0780]: Toshiba America Info Systems FIR Port
[1179:0701] (rev 21)
00:13.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC97 [1179:060f]
(rev 20)
00:13.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC97 [1179:060f]
(rev 20)
Output of lsmod while booting with "hw-detect/load-ide=true"
Module Size Used by
dm_mod 51136 0
raid456 119056 0
xor 14728 1 raid456
raid1 21632 0
raid0 7936 0
md_mod 72084 3 raid456,raid1,raid0
vfat 11648 0
fat 47772 1 vfat
xfs 491412 0
reiserfs 216704 0
jfs 163292 0
ext3 118408 0
jbd 49832 1 ext3
nls_iso8859_1 4096 1
isofs 32056 1
ide_cd 36384 1
cdrom 32672 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 16256 2
ide_generic 1280 0 [permanent]
aec62xx 6528 0 [permanent]
alim15x3 11020 0 [permanent]
amd74xx 13596 0 [permanent]
atiixp 5648 0 [permanent]
cmd64x 8988 0 [permanent]
cs5520 4736 0 [permanent]
cs5530 5248 0 [permanent]
cs5535 4096 0 [permanent]
cy82c693 4356 0 [permanent]
delkin_cb 3456 0
generic 4868 0 [permanent]
hpt34x 4864 0 [permanent]
hpt366 15488 0 [permanent]
it821x 7300 0 [permanent]
jmicron 3584 0 [permanent]
ns87415 4296 0 [permanent]
opti621 4100 0 [permanent]
pdc202xx_new 7168 0 [permanent]
pdc202xx_old 7936 0 [permanent]
piix 8836 0 [permanent]
rz1000 2688 0 [permanent]
sc1200 6656 0 [permanent]
serverworks 7560 0 [permanent]
siimage 10624 0 [permanent]
sis5513 11912 0 [permanent]
slc90e66 4864 0 [permanent]
tc86c001 4352 0 [permanent]
triflex 3456 0 [permanent]
trm290 4228 0 [permanent]
via82cxxx 8580 0 [permanent]
usb_storage 75712 0
scsi_mod 136460 1 usb_storage
ide_core 111784 34
ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,aec62xx,alim15x3,amd74xx,atiixp,cmd64x,cs5520,cs5530,cs5535,cy82c693,delkin_cb,generic,hpt34x,hpt366,it821x,jmicron,ns87415,opti621,pdc202xx_new,pdc202xx_old,piix,rz1000,sc1200,serverworks,siimage,sis5513,slc90e66,tc86c001,triflex,trm290,via82cxxx,usb_storage
thermal 13320 0
processor 23856 1 thermal
fan 4868 0
pcmcia 36908 0
firmware_class 9344 1 pcmcia
parport_pc 33316 0
parport 32840 1 parport_pc
floppy 54404 0
ohci_hcd 19460 0
yenta_socket 24844 2
rsrc_nonstatic 11904 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36880 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
usbcore 123160 3 usb_storage,ohci_hcd
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Kind regards
Holger
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