On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 01:14:14PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > Debian-installer-version: 24.9.2005 from different mirrors (downloaded by > "Free Download manager) > stable installer
The latest stable installer is from june some time. > md5 sum was correct uname -a: no shell prompt, > didn't even get this far You can do uname -a from console 2 (leftalt+F2) almost anytime during install. The main part of the installer is on console 1. > Date: 29.9.2005 > Method: Booted from DVD-ROM (Secondary Master) > no boot parameters > > Machine: selfconstructed > Mainboard: Intel D875PBZ > Processor: Intel P4 3000 Mhz HT > Memory: 1GB in dual mode (Kingtson HyperX) Root Device: Seagate SATA 80GB > Root Size/partition table: n/a > Disk configuration: 1. device: Seagate SATA 80GB > (2 Windows partitions) > 2. device: Seagate IDE 120GB > (first 15GB free, 2 further Windows partitions) > Output of lspci and lspci -n: n/a Also possible on console 2. > Base System Installation Checklist: > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > 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: [O] > Install base system: [O] > Install boot loader: [O] > Reboot: [E] > > Comments/Problems: > > The installation seems to complete correctly, but when rebooting, GRUB > doesn't appear. Can't start anything else besides my Windows XP > installation. > I also tried to start the Debian system by the parameter "root=/dev/hda0". I > was not sure which device I actually have to use. I tried hda0, hda, hd0, > hda1, hda5 but nothing worked. > IS this a problem with GRUB or the installation itself? Where did you ask it to install grub to? If you did NOT pick the MBR (master boot record) then it will boot windows first. I don't know if it still asks the question about where though. It may have thought that your first HD was the IDE one, rather than the SATA one, which would potentially confuse it. Mixed IDE/SATA or IDE/SCSI systems often confuse the boot loaders. Perhaps you could try this from console 2: chroot /target grub-install /dev/sda grub-install /dev/hda exit That should install grub on both the sata and ide drives so it least one of them should startup. Also for a system with sata I highly recomend using the 2.6 kernel which you get by starting the installer with the boot option linux26. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
