defect - installation debian (lenny) fails

ruppertus · Post by **ruppertus** » 22. Dec 2008, 14:34

version of virtualbox: 2.1.0
create a new virtual mashine (use the default settings for 32 bit debian linux os): 256MB ram / 8.6 GB harddrive (dynamic)

1. mount debian lenny iso image (net install/official one) and boot it
2. fallow the default installation but choose: 2 main partitions:
- 8 GB JFS
- 0,6 GB swap fs
installation fails during installing base packages.

The same situtation was tested with other debian lenny build.

When you choose ext3 filesystem everything works.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 22. Dec 2008, 21:24

Have you also tested this on a real system? Lenny is still in testing stage, so it's possible that it's a Lenny bug.

ruppertus · Post by **ruppertus** » 22. Dec 2008, 22:21

Sasquatch wrote:Have you also tested this on a real system? Lenny is still in testing stage, so it's possible that it's a Lenny bug.

That's not Lenny's bug. I used to install the operating system from that image several times using VMware Workstation (and on real system as well) and I get known Debian a little bit (I've been using this distribution for 3-4 years) and what I can say - debian is one of the most mature and popular non-enterprise distro I've seen that we can't ignore it. Most of the packages in testing/unstable or even experimental version is much more stable than in other distributions.

Anyway I downloaded another image (don't remember if it was stable or testing), but this time I downloaded the whole CD1 image (the previous installation was using NET-install-CD) because I thought virtualbox could have some network trouble. And the installation failed a few steps later after I ordered to install the basic operating system and chose the default settings (ext3 for / and about 0.5 GB of swap).

Update: So Debian can't be installed at all.

I'll test virtualbox on another windows xp host mashine.
But can anyone check if he/she has the same problem, please?

Post by **Sasquatch** » 22. Dec 2008, 22:39

I got Debian Lenny on my Xubuntu 8.10 Host without any issues. Running on ext3 file system. Can't remember what swap setting I used, but RAM is 512 MB, so swap is probably the same.

ruppertus · Post by **ruppertus** » 22. Dec 2008, 23:02

Sasquatch wrote:I got Debian Lenny on my Xubuntu 8.10 Host without any issues. Running on ext3 file system. Can't remember what swap setting I used, but RAM is 512 MB, so swap is probably the same.

That's linux OS envirenment and I install it on windows mashine.
Which virtualbox version have you tested?
Did you try to install that Debian or you just run it?
Thanks in advance

Post by **Sasquatch** » 22. Dec 2008, 23:13

I had it installed on 2.0.6. I am now running 2.1.0 and Lenny still works.

ruppertus · Post by **ruppertus** » 23. Dec 2008, 13:36

Sasquatch wrote:I had it installed on 2.0.6. I am now running 2.1.0 and Lenny still works.

Can you prepare another virtual mashine on windows host, please?
I just want to test if you are able to install Debian on 2.1.0.
I'll do that as well as soon as I got another windows (host) mashine.

Robert

Post by **Sasquatch** » 23. Dec 2008, 15:48

ruppertus wrote:
Sasquatch wrote:I had it installed on 2.0.6. I am now running 2.1.0 and Lenny still works.
Can you prepare another virtual mashine on windows host, please?
I just want to test if you are able to install Debian on 2.1.0.
I'll do that as well as soon as I got another windows (host) mashine.

Robert

That could be problematic, but lucky for you I still have a dualboot system. On the next Ubuntu release, my laptop won't have Windows on it anymore, and if I'm happy with it, so will my PC (though that would be a summer vacation project).
It might take some time, since it's the holiday season and I hardly boot to Windows (have to remind myself to do that).