Package: installation-reports Boot method: Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/ debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso (16-Jun-2008 11:14) Date: 16-Jun-2008 18:00
Machine: Desktop PC (Mainboard Elitegroup K7S5A) Processor: Athlon XP-1700+ Memory: 768MB Partitions: > fdisk -l /dev/hdb Disk /dev/hdb: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 122 979933+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 123 487 2931862+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb3 609 4865 34194352+ 5 Extended /dev/hdb4 488 608 971932+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hdb5 609 1094 3903763+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb6 1095 1459 2931831 83 Linux /dev/hdb7 1460 4865 27358663+ 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [E] Detect network card: [ ] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [ ] Problem with boot, did not check the rest. Comments/Problems: PROBLEM WITH GRUB and multiple disks: Error 15 * Status before: Debian Etch installation with RAID on /dev/hda and /dev/hdc, working ok for months. /dev/hdd is DVD-ROM. * Now: Netboot installation of fresh lenny debian-installer on additional harddisk /dev/hdb (installation did not touch hda and hdc; grub was installed to MBR of hdb) * partitioning of new installation: /boot on hdb1, / (root directory) on hdb5 * PROBLEM on first reboot: chosen in BIOS to boot from IDE1 (=hdb) Then the new Grub menu appears (fine), when entering stage 2: "Error 15: File not found" (bad) Extract from [hdb1] /grub/menu.lst: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24-1-486 root (hd1,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-486 root=/dev/hdb5 ro quiet initrd /initrd.img-2.6.24-1-486 * Booting old system and mounting hdb1 shows everthing is correctly in place. * Some kind of (inconvenient) WORK-AROUND: change the above line in file [hdb1] /grub/menu.lst to root (hd0,0) then shutdown, unplug hda and hdc disks, reboot. The BIOS now counts hdb as first disk, booting from there. Now grub finds and boots the kernel. * MY THOUGHTS: Though grub installation and menu.lst is correct, grub does not seem to handle this situation of multiple disks correctly and misunderstands 'root (hd1,0)'. -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
