Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Test Candidate 1, downloaded from
http://ftp.it.net.au/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/tc1/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz
Date: 6 June 2004
Method: Booted off a USB flash drive with a 110mb ISO on it
Machine: Desktop PC with nforce2 chipset
Processor: Athlon XP
Memory: 1GB
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 0 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 15)
0000:01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08)
0000:01:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 08)
0000:01:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02)
0000:01:09.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 02)
0000:01:0a.0 Network controller: RaLink Wireless PCI Adpator RT2400 / RT2460
0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
0000:02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (Secondary) (rev 01)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [E]
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:
This is the first time I've tried to boot off a USB flash stick... to
my surprise it actually worked. I booted with "linux noapic nolapic"
to avoid my machine hanging. (I'm not sure whether this is still
necessary - bug #237710 is marked as done but the patch to fix it
doesn't seem to be present in kernel-source-2.4.26.)
Unfortunately the USB modules weren't loaded so it didn't find the USB
drive or the ISO located on it. When I loaded them by hand ("modprobe
ehci-hcd; modprobe usb-ohci") it found the ISO properly. I didn't
go any further, maybe I'll try it again later.
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature