Bug#572724: Squeeze installation failure on Itanium w/QLogic fibre channel adapter
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: netinst CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/ia64/iso-cd/debian-testing-ia64-netinst.iso 17-Feb-2010 23:23
Date: 05-Mar-2010 13:30 PST
Machine: HP Integrity rx2600
Processor: Itanium2
Memory: 10GB
Partitions: *Fibre channel disks not found*
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:01.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 41)
Subsystem: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:01.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 41)
Subsystem: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:01.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0] (rev 02)
Subsystem: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:02.0 IDE interface [0101]: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 0649 Ultra ATA/100 PCI to)
Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 0649 Ultra ATA/100 PCI to ATA Host C]
Kernel driver in use: CMD64x_IDE
00:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pr)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1274]
20:01.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X)
Subsystem: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic Device [1000:1000]
Kernel driver in use: mptspi
20:01.1 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X)
Subsystem: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic Device [1000:1000]
Kernel driver in use: mptspi
20:02.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5701 Giga)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:12a4]
40:01.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1010 66MHz)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1340]
Kernel driver in use: sym53c8xx
40:01.1 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1010 66MHz)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1340]
Kernel driver in use: sym53c8xx
60:01.0 Fibre Channel [0c04]: QLogic Corp. ISP2312-based 2Gb Fibre Channel to P)
Subsystem: QLogic Corp. Device [1077:0100]
80:01.0 Network controller [0280]: Quadrics Ltd QsNetII Elan4 Network Adapter []
c0:01.0 Fibre Channel [0c04]: QLogic Corp. ISP2312-based 2Gb Fibre Channel to P)
Subsystem: QLogic Corp. Device [1077:0100]
e0:01.0 Communication controller [0780]: Hewlett-Packard Company Auxiliary Diva)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1291]
Kernel driver in use: serial
e0:01.1 Serial controller [0700]: Hewlett-Packard Company Diva Serial [GSP] Mul)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1282]
Kernel driver in use: serial
e0:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY ]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:12ab]
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:
This machine has two QLogic fibre channel cards adapters requiring
'ql2300_fw.bin', which the installer asks for. Inserting a
vfat-formatted USB pen drive with the Debian firmware package
'firmware-qlogic_0.22_all.deb' does not work. In Expert Install mode,
I see that at this very early stage of the installation process the
directory:
/lib/modules/2.6.30-2-itanium/kernel/fs
has neither the 'ext3' nor 'fat' filesystem module, which appears to
prevent the installer from finding the firmware. The Lenny ia64
netinst CD suffers from the same problem. I just tried a similar
installation sequence using the squeeze_di_alpha1 i386 installer and
found that the 'fat' module is present at this early stage. Thanks.
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