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Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/current/sarge-i386-netinst.iso - Aug 17 2004.

uname -a:
Date:
Method: CD-ROM

Machine:
Processor:
Memory:
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: <Feel free to paste the full partition
table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.>
Output of lspci:
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 01)00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 01) 01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 9300 (rev 31)

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:
The installer wasn't able to detect the hard drive partitions, Below is the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda

Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 5169 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 14 104391 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(207, 2, 63) should be (207, 239, 63)
/dev/hda2 14 2775 20869033+ 83 Linux
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1023, 15, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63)
/dev/hda3 3588 4893 9871942+ 83 Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1023, 15, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63)
/dev/hda4 2775 5170 18104656+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(1023, 15, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63)
/dev/hda5 2775 3587 6144232+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 4893 4962 522081 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 4962 5100 1044193+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 5101 5170 522081 82 Linux swap

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