Bug#356251: Preseeded automatic installation fails to install a kernel
Frans Pop wrote:
On Friday 10 March 2006 17:27, Michael S. Peek wrote:
Comments/Problems:
Preseeded automatic installation fails to install a kernel.
OK. So this is with the new installer. Let's close your previous report.
So now, please provide the information I asked for: the relevant section
of the /var/log/syslog file (of if you like, the full file, gzipped).
I found the problem...
base-installer log from failed installation:
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-netbootable not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-11-em64t-p4-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-11-em64t-p4 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-generic not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-em64t-p4-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-em64t-p4 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-amd64-generic not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-386 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-speakup not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k6 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-586tsc usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-k6 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-586tsc usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-386 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: Found kernels 'kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp,kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686,kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386,kernel-image-2.6-686-smp,kernel-image-2.6-686,kernel-image-2.6-386,kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686-smp,kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686,kernel-image-2.4.27-2-586tsc,kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386,kernel-image-2.4-686-smp,kernel-image-2.4-686,kernel-image-2.4-586tsc,kernel-image-2.4-386'
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: arch_kernel candidates: linux-image-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-486 linux-image-2.6-386
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: arch_kernel: linux-image-2.6-686 (absent)
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: arch_kernel: linux-image-2.6-486 (absent)
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: arch_kernel: linux-image-2.6-386 (absent)
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: Using kernel 'kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp'
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: Setting do_initrd='yes'.
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: Setting link_in_boot='no'.
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: Possible initramfs generator(s): 'initramfs-tools yaird'
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: info: Available initramfs generator(s): ''
Mar 10 13:43:54 base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/initramfs/no-generator
base-installer output from successful installation:
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: Running /usr/lib/post-base-installer.d/05preseed
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-486 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-486 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.6-386 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k6 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-586tsc usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-k7-smp not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-k7 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-k6 not usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-686-smp usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-686 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-586tsc usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: kernel kernel-image-2.4-386 usable on 686
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: Found kernels 'linux-image-686-smp,linux-image-686,linux-image-486,linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp,linux-image-2.6.15-1-686,linux-image-2.6.15-1-486,linux-image-2.6-686-smp,linux-image-2.6-686,linux-image-2.6-486,kernel-image-2.6-686-smp,kernel-image-2.6-686,kernel-image-2.6-386,kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686-smp,kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686,kernel-image-2.4.27-2-586tsc,kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386,kernel-image-2.4-686-smp,kernel-image-2.4-686,kernel-image-2.4-586tsc,kernel-image-2.4-386'
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: arch_kernel candidates: linux-image-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-486 linux-image-2.6-386
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: arch_kernel: linux-image-2.6-686 (present)
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: Using kernel 'linux-image-2.6-686'
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: Setting do_initrd='yes'.
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: Setting link_in_boot='no'.
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: Possible initramfs generator(s): 'initramfs-tools yaird'
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: Available initramfs generator(s): 'initramfs-tools yaird'
Mar 10 13:23:56 base-installer: info: Installing initramfs-tools.
When I preseeded, I selected kernel-image-2.6-686. When I compared the two
syslogs I notice the kernel images found from the failed attempt were for
kernel-image-2.6.8, and the successful attempt were kernel images for 2.6.15.
Apparently I inadvertantly installed from stable -- i.e. sarge -- during the
broken attempt. So I set mirrors/suite to testing, re-burned my CD, and
retried the broken attempt -- and sure enough, it worked like a charm.
So apparently the problem all along is that etch doesn't support sarge kernels.
My guess is that's not a bug but intentional.
Sorry, wish I had noticed this before bugging you guys about it. Thought I had
found an honest-to-goodness bug there.
Michael
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