Quoting Joey Schulze (joey@infodrom.org): > Package: installation-reports > > Boot method: network > Image version: Debian version: 6.0 (squeeze), Installer build: 20110117-15:57 > Date: Thu Jan 20 16:39:54 CET 2011 > > Machine: Lenovo Ideapad S10e Hey Joey, nice to hear from you in this list (it's been some time...) > > Comments/Problems: > > The installation went fine after I removed the "quiet" option from the > kernel commandline. This was required to see the error message of the > kernel noting that the requested video mode (793 or something) is not > available on this system. > > The kernel was waiting for user input (TAB or ENTER). Due to the > "quiet" option the user wasn't informed that they need to press one > of two keys. > > I've installed lenny on the system a while ago, also with network > boot, and this worked fine. I don't remember having to remove the > "quiet" option. I'm unsure what we could do here. The "quiet" option was added as it seemed to be a good idea that default installs don't spit out "useless" messages to users. Of course, in this case, the message is not useless..:) The "expert" install doesn't have the "quiet" option, so that could be a way to go: suggest users that hangs during boot can be debugged by using the "expert" install. So, the bug would then become a documentation bug. Another option is to suggest that the quiet option passed to the kernel doesn't suppress messages related to video mode in case the video mode doesn't exist. This would then be a kernel bug. Anyone with an advice about this?
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