Bug#485867: marked as done (Lenny beta 2 i386 will not boot)
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and subject line Re: Bug#485867: Lenny beta 2 i386 will not boot
has caused the Debian Bug report #485867,
regarding Lenny beta 2 i386 will not boot
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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: <
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-LennyBeta2-i386-netinst.iso
>
Date: June 10, June 11
Machine: Two different i386 type desktops (currently running Debian and
Win2k)
Processor: P4
Memory: 1 GB
Partitions: n/a
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: n/a
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [ ]
Detect network card: [ ]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
The iso file was downloaded twice, once June 10, once again about 2000
UTC June 11. Each time it was burned to CD-R. Neither CD-R would boot
of either of two computers. A previously burned Lenny version
(netinstall type) done around March 2008 will boot OK on both computers.
The computer indicates booting from CD (message line on screen), but
instead of starting up the install, it goes directly to grub menu (on
the latest CD's). Mounting the newer CD-R's on my working computer and
looking at their contents, they appear OK (directories, files appear OK).
Thanks!
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On Thursday 12 June 2008, Don wrote:
> I'm not sure how to find the version of isolinux. But the previous
> (March 8, 2008) CD I had which *did* boot OK has this in the .disk/info
> file:
>
> Debian GNU/Linux testing "Lenny" - Official Snapshot i386 NETINST
> Binary-1 20080308-09:02
That looks like Beta1 which had 3.61. We're now at 3.63.
> I hope that helps. If there is more info that I can give you, let me
> know exactly where/how to find it. As mentioned previously,
> yesterday's daily build *did* work OK, install was successful.
The last is strange as daily images use exactly the same version of
syslinux as Beta2, which rules that out as a cause.
Given that we've had no other reports of Beta2 failing so far, I suspect
your CDs were just bad in some way. Especially if "cheap" CR-Rs are used
that's not uncommon. I personally reuse a few good quality CD-RWs when I
do installation tests from real CDs (most of my testing is done in
emulators using CD images or by doing netboots).
At this point I think the best thing to do is just close your report, but
we'll keep alert to other reports of boot problems.
Cheers,
FJP
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