Re: Cannot boot sarge distribution
On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 11:28:53AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Paul Galbraith]
> > I just downloaded the latest sarge snapshot cd from
> > http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/ and tried
> > installing, but had two separate (I think) problem. I used the
> > vanilla linux kernel provided, presumably knowing the right
> > paramters to use can alleviate the problems, but I don't know what
> > they might be...
> >
> > 1. I have a MS Natural Pro keyboard, which has a combination
> > usb/ps2 connector, both of which I have connected to my machine.
> > When selecting a keyboard (step 2 in the install process, I think) I
> > get this error:
> >
> > "segment fault kbd-chooser's postinst existed with status 35584"
>
> This is actually two problems. A bug in kbd-chooser crashing if the
> keyboard definitions are missing, and the missing keyboard
> definitions. Check #205381 "kbd-chooser's postinst exited with status
> 35584". A workaround is to install the console-data-at udeb first
> (using anna), then it should run without crashing.
>
> > 2. I have a PDC20276 (Promise) sata raid controller, and the next
> > step of the install (locating cd-rom drives, I think) hangs my
> > machine with this message on the screen:
> >
> > "Detected module 'ide-prod-mo' for 'Linux IDE probe Driver'"
> >
> > Can anyone suggest some next steps for me to try? TIA,
>
> No idea. Bad driver, HW or something else? Is the module name
> correct for your controller?
BTW, i tried booting the cdrom initrd with a kernel i usually use, which
has most of the stuff built-in, and d-i complained loudly about all
those missing modules.
I suppose that some people may want to build kernels later on which are
uniquely suited to their machine, and use it with the d-i initrd images,
because the standard kernels don't work. Would it be a good idea to have
d-i also work in these cases ? Or am i missing something ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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