Bug#239078: install: Beta3, BIOS does not boot CD
Package: install
Version: N/A; reported 2004-03-20
Severity: normal
Downloaded Debian Installer Beta 3 from
http://www.dk.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/, the 100MB image for
i386. Checked the md5sum, it matches.
I have downloaded the .iso twice and written it to two blank CD, one R
and the other RW, both fail to boot on this one machine. I booted and
run Knoppix 3.2 succesfully. I dowloaded Knoppix 3.3 and wrote it on
the same cd-writer I used for the installer cd, this also boots and
works.
So, this computer can boot all other bootable cd I had, and I can
write OK cds on my CD-burner. Thus I conclude that
sarge-i386-netinst.iso somehow is defective, this BIOS can not boot
it. I get "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"
Info on the host where the CD won't boot:
Motherboard: ASUS A7V
ASUS A7V ACPI BIOS revision 1004C
The following collected with Knoppix 3.3.
# fdisk -l
Levy /dev/hdd: 10.2 Gt, 10246053888 tavua
16 päätä, 63 sektoria/ura, 19853 sylinteriä
Yksiköt = 1008 * 512 = 516096 -tavuiset sylinterit
Laite Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 1 19853 10005880+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Levy /dev/hda: 30.7 Gt, 30738677760 tavua
255 päätä, 63 sektoria/ura, 3737 sylinteriä
Yksiköt = 16065 * 512 = 8225280 -tavuiset sylinterit
Laite Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 6 48163+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 7 37 249007+ 82 Linux-sivutus
/dev/hda3 38 1861 14651280 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda4 * 1862 3737 15068970 83 Linux
# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10)
00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10)
00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 74)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08)
00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 08)
00:11.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev a1)
# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 250565 XT-PIC timer
1: 735 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
5: 1285 XT-PIC EMU10K1
7: 78 XT-PIC eth0
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
10: 26 XT-PIC usb-uhci, usb-uhci
14: 154 XT-PIC ide0
15: 19147 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
LOC: 250537
ERR: 2
MIS: 0
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 3
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 756.756
cache size : 64 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 1510.60
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