Bug#225124: installation-reports: CVS20031226 -- cannot configure the network
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: from CVS -- 2003-dec-26
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: 2003-dec-26 9:50 CET
Method: woody CD (from jigdo) + cdrom.iso from debian-installer + boot from floppy
Machine: anonymous desktop computer
Processor: Pentinum-S 100
Memory: 64Mb
Root Device: IDE: SiS 5513
Root Size/partition table:
root partition /dev/hda1 ~4Gb
swap partition /dev/hda2 64Mb
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5511/5512
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513 (rev 01)
00:01.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 05)
00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: Alliance Semiconductor Corporation ProMotion AT3D (rev 02)
00:11.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 (rev 10)
00:13.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C205 (rev 84)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [E]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
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:
Initial boot didn't work from cdrom since BIOS did not permit it. So I
made a floppy (fakeroot make TYPE=floppy) and dd it into a disk.
The system still cannot recognize the floppy as bootable. I did tried
with three different floppies.
Then I made a new floopy (TYPE=bootfloppy) and the system booted.
At the prompt I typed: 'expert bootkbd=it'
then inserted the second floppy, when prompted for.
choose language --> italian
select a keyboard layout --> AT keyboard --> it layout
detect of netwrok card --> 8239too
configure the network --> DHCP --> (very long waiting)
after a long waiting I went to tty4 and saw that the DHCP was ended
correctly and a new address was bound, then there was an error:
dhclient: Can't create /var/run/dhclient.pid: No such file or directory
So i switched to tty1 and control-C, then the main menu appeared again
and I select 'select a mirror' but the following screen drove me to the
network configuration. I choosed again DHCP and I got the same problem.
So, back again, I selected 'static' and inputed all required data
After this, I did tried the menu 'select a mirror' but I was still driven
at the same point: network configuration.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux eppesuig3 2.4.23-ben1 #1 Wed Dec 17 20:14:46 CET 2003 ppc
Locale: LANG=it_IT, LC_CTYPE=it_IT
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