[Bug 8567] Re: installation failure at "grub" step, dell inspiron 4150
Bart Houkes
8567 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Sep 20 12:55:11 UTC 2012
This problem looks similar to many other problems... it may change
Ubuntu to an impopular distribution, especially if nobody can install
Ubuntu anymore... I would increase priority!!!!!!!!!!
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Title:
installation failure at "grub" step, dell inspiron 4150
Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
This should probably be a "critical" bug but I'll leave that for you
to decide.
Dell Inspiron 4150, 512Mb memory, 30GB hard disk.
hda1 is winxphome. The other partitions were RH8, which I blew
away completely (new partitioning shown below).
All goes sweetly until the grub step. I tried to install to MBR.
This failed with syslog messages like:
/sbin/grub-install: no such file
and
cannot lock /var/lib/dpkg - are you root?
also, /var/lib/dpkg had file mode 0777. Is that wise?
I tried forcing grub to install (ie picked the "yes" option
in the prompt that said grub has failed, do you want to try again?
This failed.
Tried lilo as well, it complained in the logfile about overwriting
the existing kernel. It also failed, for reasons which are unclear.
I tried rebooting, which failed but at least dropped me into a grub prompt. I
gave it these commands:
grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2
grub> initrd /initrd.img
grub> boot
This started booting but failed during /etc/init.d/rcS.d,
/var/run/utmp no such file or directory
starting syslogd
at which point it seemed to get completely wedged.
I didn't have time to save the logs from the first stage, the best I could do
was run ls -lRt from a knoppix disk after bailing from
the installer. Let me know if those listings would be helpful.
I also made a copy of / if that would help.
I gave up and installed debian sarge, netinst20040921.
That worked ok.
This is the partition table - as it was after ubuntu failed to
boot and before I began reinstallation (debian sarge).
Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1020 8193118+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 1021 1051 249007+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 1052 3648 20860402+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1052 1416 2931831 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 3527 3648 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 1417 1538 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 1539 1600 497983+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 1601 1843 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 1844 3526 13518666 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge
(rev 04)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [e4] #09 [d104]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (r
ev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 32
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fc000000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) (prog
-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corp. Latitude C640
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at bf80 [size=32]
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42) (prog-if 00 [Norm
al decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=10, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000ffff
Memory behind bridge: f4000000-fbffffff
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [
Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Intel Corp. Latitude C640
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Co
ntroller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Cirrus Logic: Unknown device 5959
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
I/O ports at dc80 [size=64]
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02) (pro
g-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: Conexant: Unknown device 5422
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7
LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012b
Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, la
tency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
Memory at fcff0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev
78)
Subsystem: Dell 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller [Latitude C640
]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
Memory at f8fffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at f9000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 20001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 20400000-207ff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 20800000-20bff000
I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 20002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 20c00000-20fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 21000000-213ff000
I/O window 0: 00004800-000048ff
I/O window 1: 00004c00-00004cff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
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