Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB stick Image version: debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso downloaded yesterday Date: 2013-04-18 21:45 Pacific Time (-7:00?)
Machine: Puget Systems Echo II Processor: Intel Core i3 3225 Memory: 8G (2 x Kingston DDR3-1600 4GB) Partitions: /dev/sdb does not contain a valid partition table (says fdisk) /dev/sdb -> ST310005 1G via USB 2.0; sda is USB stick No good way to get output from lspci out of the system. Intel DH77DF motherboard with no added internal devices. Current connections are keyboard, external drive, USB stick, ethernet and power. The external drive enclosure has additional USB ports, one of which is connected to a mouse. The mouse works in the graphical installer. While netbooting squeeze I found the USB 3.0 ports did not work reliably; nothing is attached to them. Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [O] Configure network: [O] via DHCP Detect CD: [?] I think it said it was detecting CD, which is not on the system, and did use the USB stick for next step Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [E] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] it did go through questions about this OK User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [E ] Comments/Problems: The system has no internal disk; I booted the installer off a USB stick and have an external hard drive cocnnected via USB. When the (graphical) installer gets to the partition disk step it shows "Starting up the partitioner" over a progress bar that is half complete. Below there it displays "Scanning disks". The drive mounted by USB is known to the hardware, evidence by the BIOS boot menu, and to the installer OS, evidence by /dev/disk/ entries. The disk is unformatted as far as I know (an exchange for a defective disk). The system has been functioning OK (except for the USB 3.0) via netboot and NFS; the server it was using died. It's not entirely clear to me that this scenario (external drive only) should work, though I had hopes. Full story: this box was functioning as a HTPC via netboot with a server. The server died and I am attempting to use the box in its place using a spare hard drive. I'd love to get this working so I'm less hosed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
