Bug#583735: system boot fails after installation
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CDRW media in a CD-ROM drive
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Date: 2010-05-29 18:00
Machine: Desktop PC with Gigabyte GA-586TX3 motherboard ( http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=1574 )
Processor:
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 5
model : 0
model name : 05/00
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 100.221
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 pge
bogomips : 200.44
clflush size : 32
power management:
Memory: 64MB
# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 60948 kB
MemFree: 10920 kB
Buffers: 652 kB
Cached: 40372 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 25332 kB
Inactive: 18284 kB
Active(anon): 2688 kB
Inactive(anon): 0 kB
Active(file): 22644 kB
Inactive(file): 18284 kB
Unevictable: 0 kB
Mlocked: 0 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 60948 kB
LowFree: 10920 kB
SwapTotal: 0 kB
SwapFree: 0 kB
Dirty: 4 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 2616 kB
Mapped: 2048 kB
Slab: 4240 kB
SReclaimable: 2412 kB
SUnreclaim: 1828 kB
PageTables: 292 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 30472 kB
Committed_AS: 5564 kB
VmallocTotal: 966648 kB
VmallocUsed: 1292 kB
VmallocChunk: 964416 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 4096 kB
DirectMap4k: 4096 kB
DirectMap4M: 61440 kB
Partitions: This state is shown after I booted the system from CD in
rescue mode:
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hdb: 1281 MB, 1281982464 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 155 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c6a25
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 140 1124518+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 141 155 120487+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 141 155 120456 82 Linux swap / Solaris
# cat /proc/partitions
cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
3 64 1251936 hdb
3 65 1124518 hdb1
3 66 1 hdb2
3 69 120456 hdb5
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
# lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 430TX - 82439TX MTXC [8086:7100] (rev 01)
00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [8086:7110] (rev 01)
00:07.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
00:07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [8086:7112] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:07.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 01)
00:09.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] [5333:8811] (rev 54)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139]
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
00:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 50)
Subsystem: First International Computer, Inc. Device [0925:1234]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:0b.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 50)
Subsystem: First International Computer, Inc. Device [0925:1234]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:0b.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 51)
Subsystem: First International Computer, Inc. Device [0925:1234]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
I used the netinst CD image with the following version identifier:
This is a Debian 6.0 (squeeze) installation CD-ROM.
It was built 20100217-22:18; d-i 20100211.
I haven't connected the network for the first time just let the installation
process go from CD. The grub-pc was installed. After rebooting the
system prints the a short grub message line and resets immediately. This repeats
until I boot again from CD.
The drive setup is as follows:
Primary master: none
Primary slave: hard disk
Secondary master: CD-ROM drive
Secondary slave: none
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