Re: Fwd: Debian Hurd Installer problems

[Samuel Thibault]

Hello,

Alex Sassmannshausen, le Wed 30 Jan 2013 17:45:10 +0000, a écrit :
> Further to the information below, I have now also noticed, during the
> initial start of the debian installer that there is an error message:
> /dev/console: permission denied

That should be harmless, and not related with the error you mention
below.

> I can also now say that the failure in the installation process likely
> correlates to the following error message in /var/log/syslog:
> Jan 30 17:27:09 main-menu[1276]: INFO Menu item 'console-setup-udeb'
> selected
> Jan 30 17:27:10 main-menu[1276]: (process:1742): cat: can't open
> '/var/run/hurd-console.pid': No such file or directory

This is a known issue with the pure-text installer, and I'm building an
image which should fix it.  You can use the pseudo-graphical installer
to avoid the issue.

> PS: I've completed Gnome Disk-Utility most exhaustive disk check on the
> hard drive and no serious issues were found (just the few bad sectors
> mentioned below).

Ok.

> > - Text Install proceeds until Keyboard setup. This step, upon selecting
> > the layout, consistently fails. 

That is indeed related with the console-setup issue you mention above.

> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00, sector 2

Sector 2? Ouch! If that's one of the bad sectors, you might have
troubles installing grub.

> > - Alternatively, when I execute a shell from within the installer the
> >   shell launches, but no /target directory exists (not at root, nor at
> >   /media/target or at /mnt/target)

/target is only made once the partitioning step is finished.

> > When I do
> > $ ls /dev/ 
> > I get the same error as above.

Ok. I'm afraid the faulty disk will be a definite issue.

Samuel