Bug#287389:
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: sarge-i386-netinst.iso dated 26-12-2004 from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/current/
uname -a: cannot get to the point where I can issue the command
Date: 26-11-2004 13.15 GMT+1
Method: net install boot attempt from boot CD (downloaded ISO, burnt into
Cd, booted from CD).
Machine: HP Kayak UW model series 4xxx
Processor: 1 x Xeon 450
Memory: 384 (256 + 128 MB)
Root Device: SCSI - ID 0 - IBM
Root Size/partition table: root ("/") = 9GB
Output of lspci and lspci -n: cannot get to the point where I can issue the
command
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Cannot install as I am unable to go past initial boot (what I get, afert
typing the image name, is just:
Loading /install/vmlinuz........
Loading /install/initrd.gz............................
Ready.
_ <---- blincking cursor
Kayak UW mounts dual processor motherboard (in my case I have only one) with
built-it Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI controller (16 bit, Ultra Wide). System has 2
SCSI discs 9Gb each, no IDE discs and one ATAPI cd-rom reader.
Problem seems to be SCSI controller support: I trieded all boot images, and
most of the SCSI-related parameters with no luck. It seems to be a kernel
regression, support for SCSI controller is broken. Note: if I use Woody 3.0
r3, and boot from the second distro disc typing "linux" the system will find
the controller and the installation will carry on. Note2: if I detach the
SCSI cable from the motherboard (therefore cutting access to diks) then
system boot sequence works (but then, of course, no disks are found...)
Regards
Alex Smali
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