Bug#378078: failed sarge install on laptop
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: netinst CD
Image version: 3.1r2, downloaded 7/7/06
Date: 7/10/06
Machine: Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop
Processor: Pentium II, 300MHz
Memory: 160MB
Partitions: hda1: /boot 100MB, hda2 swap 300MB, hda3 / 7.5GB
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [E] assuming 'CD' means CD-ROM
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
After the initial boot, the installer starts and the language and
keyboard layout are selected. The initial scan of the CD-ROM pool
contents appears to work. However, the next step reports the CD
is not an installation CD.
The log on VC 4 (Alt-F4) shows that a grep for the packages is
failing in the "anna" process. Specifically, at line 48 of
/usr/lib/debian-installer/retriever/cdrom-retriever
is the statement "suite=$RET". $RET is an empty string. Thus,
grep is searching for the file "/cdrom/dists//Release" (sic)
when the path is actually "/cdrom/dists/sarge/Release".
The variable "suite" should be "sarge"; modifying cdrom-retriever
to explicitly set "suite=sarge" allows the CD to be recognized
as an installation CD, and the install continues.
This same CD was used to install a few boxes at work and those went
fine.
This problem was originally encountered on the netinst CD. The
normal install CDs have the same problem.
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