Bug#267263: Bug report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: RC1
uname -a: Not available
Date: Aug 14
Method: Burned CD from Sarge Debian Installer RC1 image
Machine: HP Pavilion N5430
Processor: AMD Duron 850
Memory: 256KB
Root Device: hda
Root Size/partition table: Not available
Output of lspci and lspci -n: Not Available
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
In order to boot from the cd, I had to choose the "noapic" option.
Upon successful installation and reboot, the grub config file didn't
include the "noapic" option. Whatever kernel paramenters are sent
to get the cd to boot should be included in the grub file.
If this isn't possible, would you please include a "safe mode"
option that turns off any options that could prevent a system
from booting?
Incidentally, the new Debian installer worked perfectly on another
laptop which doesn't have issues with apic.
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