Quoting Jim McCloskey (mcclosk@ucsc.edu):
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Boot method: CD
> Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
>
> Date: Dec 20th--21st
>
> Machine: customized P4500A from Polywell COmputers Inc.
> Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz
> Memory: 2x DDR2 800MHz 2GB PC6400 Unbuffered Memory
> Partitions: not yet partitioned
>
> Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
> 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller [8086:2e20] (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port [8086:2e21] (rev 03)
> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:3a37]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
> 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:3a38]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
> 00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:3a39]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
> 00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:3a3c]
> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
> Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
> 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:3a3e]
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:3a40]
> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
> 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:3a48]
> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
> 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:3a4a]
> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:3a34]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:3a35]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:3a36]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:3a3a]
> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
> Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 90)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:3a16]
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:3a20]
> Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
> Kernel modules: ata_piix
> 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:3a30]
> 00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:3a26]
> Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
> Kernel modules: ata_piix
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Quadro FX 1700 [10de:040f] (rev a1)
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1969:1026] (rev b0)
> 03:00.0 IDE interface [0101]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller [11ab:6121] (rev b2)
> Kernel driver in use: ahci
> Kernel modules: ahci, pata_marvell
> 05:00.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller [1412:1712] (rev 02)
> 05:01.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] [1013:6003] (rev 01)
> 05:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Agere Systems FW323 [11c1:5811] (rev 70)
> Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
> Kernel modules: ohci1394
>
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot: [O]
> Detect network card: [ ]
> Configure network: [ ]
> Detect CD: [E]
> 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 optical dtrive is:
>
> DVDRW/CD/DVD:Lite-On 20X LightScribe DVD+/-RW Dual-Layer IDE
>
> which is identified in the BIOS as: IDE:ATAPI DVD A DH20A4P
>
> I've tried the install with the i386 daily build of December 18th and also with the amd64
> Lenny beta 2 image of August 29th 2008. The latter was used for a problem-free installation
> in September. In each case, the system boots with no problem from the installation CD and we
> get as far as the initial few screens of the installation process. It fails, though, to detect
> the optical drive.
This is probably the following problem, listed in the errata file:
Due to a pata_marwell module not begin properly autoloaded
on i386 and amd64 media,
peripherals driven by Marvell disk controllers are not detected. If
IDE is used in legacy mode with these controllers, switch to
console 2 when the installer boots (Alt+F2) and
run 'modprobe -r ahci; modprobe pata_marvel; modprobe ahci' before
continuing.
Could you do two tests ?
1) try with the same image, then follow the above instructions (switch
to VT2 when the installer boots and run the magic commands) and
check if the CD is detected later on.
2) download the *netboot* image of the daily builds. I really mean
*netboot*. Not netinst. This is a very small ISO image (8MB). With
that image, which has the latest kernel package from unstable, that
problem should not happen
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