d-i fails to install: Tyan Thunder K8W, SATA Seagate Barracuda
More SATA troubles to report. I'm using this sid-amd64-netinst.iso (Feb.
11, 2005) to install Debian-amd64 on two in theory identical new
dual-AMD64 boxes (Mobo Tyan Thunder K8W, S2885). The hard drives are
Seagate Barracuda, 200G, Model ST3200822A8. Attached you will find the
lspci output.
Booting from the CD works well, I just hit return (no options), and off
it goes. d-i passes network configuration with no problems. Then it goes
into detecting hardware and it properly finds the SATA hard drive. It
then gets into the disk partitioning thing and there is where I have the
following problems:
1. Initialization of large partitions fails at one point or another. d-i
just freezes when it gets to about 88% of a 180 GB ext3 partition. The
hard drive actually remains *very* busy but the installer progress bar
stops moving forward. No way around this, just reboot the machine.
2. I repartitioned the hard drive to have partitions no longer than 80
GB. This helps a lot, well, sort of. In one machine d-i finishes
initializing all partitions but it freezes after that; the last screen I
can see is the 100% bar of the last partition that was initialized.
The other machine does much better. The full installation is done
without problems, grub is in theory installed, and d-i reboots the
machine to finish up the job. However, the machine doesn't reboot
properly. It hangs with a blank screen and a blinking cursor on the top
left. Attached you will find the GRUB menu.lst file created by the
installer. I noticed the line "root (hd0,0)" on each kernel entry. I
changed that to (sda,0), chroot /target, and run update-grub. It didn't
work.
So I have two boxes, one where I cannot pass beyond initializing the
hard drive, and the other which fails to reboot. Any ideas?
Thanks,
--
Pedro
0000:00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 PCI (rev 07)
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 LPC (rev 05)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 IDE (rev 03)
0000:00:07.2 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 SMBus 2.0 (rev 02)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 ACPI (rev 05)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 AC97 Audio (rev 03)
0000:00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12)
0000:00:0a.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X APIC (rev 01)
0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12)
0000:00:0b.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X APIC (rev 01)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
0000:03:00.0 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB (rev 0b)
0000:03:00.1 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB (rev 0b)
0000:03:0b.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
0000:03:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
0000:04:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8151 System Controller (rev 14)
0000:04:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8151 AGP Bridge (rev 14)
0000:05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
default 0
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5
# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default optons below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/sda1 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## ## End Default Options ##
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-10-amd64-k8-smp Default
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-10-amd64-k8-smp Default (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-10-amd64-k8-smp
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-10-amd64-k8-smp root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-10-amd64-k8-smp
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-10-amd64-k8-smp (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-10-amd64-k8-smp root=/dev/sda1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-10-amd64-k8-smp
savedefault
boot
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
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