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Bug#445854: Installation using i386 NetInstall over a serial line



Package: installation-reports

Boot method: Network install using serial console
		boot:  install console=ttyS0,17200

Image version: ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/20070308etch1/images/netboot/mini.iso
           or: ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/20070308/images/netboot/mini.iso

Date: 2007/10/08  10:00 +0100

Machine: Dell PowerEdge SC 1425
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz
Memory: 516644k
Partitions: 
    Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1   *           1         243     1951866   83  Linux
    /dev/sda2             244        9726    76172197+   5  Extended
    /dev/sda5             244        1459     9767488+  83  Linux
    /dev/sda6            1460        2675     9767488+  83  Linux
    /dev/sda7            2676        3891     9767488+  83  Linux
    /dev/sda8            3892        4499     4883728+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sda9            4500        4864     2931831   83  Linux
    /dev/sda10           4865        6080     9767488+  83  Linux
    /dev/sda11           6081        7296     9767488+  83  Linux
    /dev/sda12           7297        8512     9767488+  83  Linux
    /dev/sda13           8513        9726     9751423+  83  Linux

Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation E7520 Memory Controller Hub [8086:3590] (rev 09)
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express Port A [8086:3595] (rev 09)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24d2] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24dd] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24d0] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller [8086:24db] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller [8086:24d1] (rev 02)
01:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge A [8086:0329] (rev 09)
01:00.1 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 6700/6702PXH I/OxAPIC Interrupt Controller A [8086:0326] (rev 09)
01:00.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge B [8086:032a] (rev 09)
01:00.3 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 6700PXH I/OxAPIC Interrupt Controller B [8086:0327] (rev 09)
02:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:1076] (rev 05)
04:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:1076] (rev 05)
04:0d.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] [1002:5159]

# lspci -vnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation E7520 Memory Controller Hub [8086:3590] (rev 09)
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information

00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express Port A [8086:3595] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
        Memory behind bridge: dfb00000-dfefffff
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/1 Enable-
        Capabilities: [64] Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24d2] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
        I/O ports at cce0 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24d4] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
        I/O ports at ccc0 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24dd] (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 201
        Memory at dff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] Debug port

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
        Memory behind bridge: df900000-dfafffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24d0] (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller [8086:24db] (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 209
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
        Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller [8086:24d1] (rev 02) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 209
        I/O ports at ccb8 [size=8]
        I/O ports at ccb0 [size=4]
        I/O ports at cca0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at cc98 [size=4]
        I/O ports at cc80 [size=16]

01:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge A [8086:0329] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=01, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
        Memory behind bridge: dfd00000-dfefffff
        Capabilities: [44] Express PCI/PCI-X Bridge IRQ 0
        Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [6c] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [d8] PCI-X bridge device
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [300] Power Budgeting

01:00.1 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 6700/6702PXH I/OxAPIC Interrupt Controller A [8086:0326] (rev 09) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at dfbff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
        Capabilities: [6c] Power Management version 2

01:00.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge B [8086:032a] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=01, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64
        Capabilities: [44] Express PCI/PCI-X Bridge IRQ 0
        Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [6c] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [d8] PCI-X bridge device
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [300] Power Budgeting

01:00.3 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 6700PXH I/OxAPIC Interrupt Controller B [8086:0327] (rev 09) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at dfbfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
        Capabilities: [6c] Power Management version 2

02:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:1076] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 177
        Memory at dfde0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at ecc0 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [e4] PCI-X non-bridge device

04:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:1076] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 193
        Memory at df9e0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at dcc0 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [e4] PCI-X non-bridge device

04:0d.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] [1002:5159] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
        Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
        Memory at df9d0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at df900000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [O]
Configure network:      [O]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Clock/timezone setup:   [O]
User/password setup:    [O]
Install tasks:          [O]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Overall install:        [O]

Comments/Problems:

The system booted just fine, but GRUB had bein configued with the following
at the top of /boot/grub/menu.lst:
   serial --unit=0 --speed=19200 --word=console=ttyS0,19200 --parity= --stop=1
   terminal serial

As the word and parity are not configured correctly GRUB still worked but
sent it's output to the attached monitor not to the serial port.

I changed the top line to:
   serial --unit=0 --speed=19200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
and GRUB then worked as expected.

Steve

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