Bug#229593: Could not install any kernel

[Holger Kubiak <debian@holger-kubiak.de>]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 2004-01-25
http://debian.tu-bs.de/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media-image.img.gz
uname -a: The installation has not been completed
Date: 2004-01-25 10:00-15:00
Method: 
  mount -o loop hd-media-image.img /mnt
  cp sarge-i386-businesscard.iso /mnt (I got the file from
     http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta2/)
  (I tested also the file sarge-i386-netinst.iso)
  umount /mnt
  dd if=hd-media-image.img of=/dev/hdb7

  After reboot I used grub to chainload /dev/hdb7. The installation was
  good up to the moment of installing the kernel. I chosed several
  kernel-versions (2.6, 2.6.0, 2.4.23(?), 2.4.18-bf2.4, 2.4). After the
  kernel installation there was nothing in /target/boot. The system is
  unbootable.

  While I tried a network-install the packages had been loaded without
  proxy from debian.tu-bs.de with success.

Machine: Desktop PC
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz
Memory: 512MB
Root Device: IDE /dev/hdb5 
Root Size/partition table: 
  /dev/hdb5 -> /      10 GB
  /dev/hdb8 -> /boot 100 MB (temporary)

Output of lspci: (lspci of my working old installation)

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev
03)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]

00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South]
(rev 40)

00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)

00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 16)

00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 16)

00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev
40)

00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97
Audio Controller (rev 50)

00:08.0 SCSI storage controller: Tekram Technology Co.,Ltd. TRM-S1040 (rev
01)

00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

00:0b.0 Serial controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc.: Unknown
device 8872 (rev 01)

00:0c.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20269
(rev 02)

00:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
Capture (rev 11)

00:0d.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture
(rev 11)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2
Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)


Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Create file systems:    [O]
Mount partitions:       [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:
  As I wrote above I was not able to install any kernel. I think all the
  other steps are ok.

Greetings
Holger