Re: Bug#683690: Debian Installer stops at Detect Network Hardware
On Fri 17 Aug 2012 at 17:57:59 +0200, Stefan Nagy wrote:
> Christian PERRIER wrote:
> > Quoting Brian Masinick (masinick@yahoo.com):
> > > That's great! Where can I get a build to verify the fix?
> >
> > This should be in the daily builds:
> >
> > http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/
> >
> > I suggest picking the *netboot* image.
>
> After successfully installing
> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/netboot/mini.iso I tried
> out the wheezy Beta 1 release netboot image
> (debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso)
> – turns out that I can't reproduce the bug with this image neither.
>
> However, I can reproduce this bug with all other Beta 1 release images
> (DVD, CD, Netinst).
>
> I don't really get it…
The problem with the DVD, CD and netinst images arises because they
attempt to mount an extended partition on the hard disk. There is (we
think) a kernel bug which results in the mount command hanging.
The mini.iso boots differently from these images. If you look at
'more /var/log/syslog' you will see it has no knowledge of the hard
disks. This means mountmedia has no extended partitions to try. Which
means the bug is avoided.
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