Bug#220518: installation-reports: routing broken with netboot via PXE install

[Joe Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net>]

Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: netboot image from daily build on 2003-11-12
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 unknown
Date: 2003-11-12 9:30p
Method: netboot via PXE

Machine: Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop
Processor: Intel Celeron 2GHz
Memory: 256MB
Root Device: n/a
Root Size/partition table: n/a
Output of lspci: n/a

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [?]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [E]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

Installer boots correctly.  It detects the builtin NIC and loads the
right module for it (b44).  However anna dies after choosing the mirror
with the error message:

anna: wget: ftp.us.debian.org: Host name lookup failure

It seems that the network is not configured 100%...because even when
using the ip address, this fails with the error "No route to host".
However, when I run `route -n` in vc2, it prints the correct info:

~ # route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
default         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

I have also double-check the interface, and it is properly configured:

~ # ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:56:35:B7:17
          inet addr:192.168.1.158  Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:4381 (4.2 KiB)  TX bytes:6982 (6.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:11

Additionally, this machine also has Windows XP installed on it and the
network functions properly in that OS... :(

Anyone seen this before or have any clue what the problem could be??

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux laptop 2.4.22-1-686 #6 Sat Oct 4 14:09:08 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8