Package: installation-reports
Boot method: DVD-1 os "jesse" (Debian 8.2.0 i386
Image version: debian-8.2.0-DVD-1 (bittorrent)
Date: 2015-09-27
Machine: Dell Dimension 4550
Processor: Pentium 4
Memory: 2 Gb
in dos terminology:
Partitions: Disk1: 100 GBytes, C:, and D: primary partitions (/dev/sda) NTFS
Disk2: 240 Gbytes, E: primary NTFS
Dos extended: 200 Gbytes
sdb5 F: logical NTFS
sdb6 2GB swap
sdb7 160 Gb for linux
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): N/A
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [ ]
Detect network card: [ o]
Configure network: [ o]
Detect CD: [ o]
Load installer modules: [ o]
Detect hard drives: [ o]
Partition hard drives: [ o]
Install base system: [ o]
Clock/timezone setup: [ o]
User/password setup: [ o]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ E]
Overall install: [ E]
Comments/Problems:
Hardware has two IDE drives, a breathing XP system occupies first drive
with two partitions and more NTFS partitions on second drive, with room
at the
back for linux. From Windows, the DVD installed the win32-loader
and then proceeded to install, normal install (I've done several on
similar
situations wrt disks). Reassured that I could write to Master Boot Record
for GRUB, which I agreed to. The reboot could not occur:
" error no such device -e5f573e4-<more hex>-<more hex>-<yet more hex>"
grub-rescue>
I tried a few times with recueCD, did 'grub-install /dev/sda' got
complaints.
All attempts to fix to no avail, had to get windows recovery console
and "fixmbr" worked (but gave me dire warnings of possible bad
consequences).
Upon reboot, the windows multi-boot gives me the two options, the windows
system is
ok as before but the debian system seems to be back in the initial state,
without keyboard map, etc. I was going to have to enter the basic
information,
even though the install went through almost entirely (yet not enough to
have an /sbin/init
for when I tried to start it directly from RescueCD).
