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defect - installation debian (lenny) fails
Posted: 22. Dec 2008, 14:34
by ruppertus
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.
Posted: 22. Dec 2008, 21:24
by Sasquatch
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.
Posted: 22. Dec 2008, 22:21
by ruppertus
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?
Posted: 22. Dec 2008, 22:39
by Sasquatch
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.
Posted: 22. Dec 2008, 23:02
by ruppertus
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
Posted: 22. Dec 2008, 23:13
by Sasquatch
I had it installed on 2.0.6. I am now running 2.1.0 and Lenny still works.
Posted: 23. Dec 2008, 13:36
by ruppertus
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
Posted: 23. Dec 2008, 15:48
by Sasquatch
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).