Hi John, On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 07:10:39PM -0600, John Lightsey wrote: > Debian-installer-version: 18 Jan 04 version of sarge-alpha-netinst.iso > uname -a: Linux alpha 2.2.20 #2 Wed Mar 20 19:57:28 EST 2002 alpha GNU/Linux > Date: 18 Jan 04 23:00 CST > Method: SRM console > Machine: DEC Personal Workstation 500a > Processor: Alpha 21164 500MHZ > Memory: 128MB > Output of lspci: > 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 30) > 00:04.0 IDE interface: CMD Technology Inc PCI0646 (rev 01) > 00:07.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corp. 82378IB [SIO ISA Bridge] (rev 43) > 00:14.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21052 (rev 02) > 01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) > 01:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] > Base System Installation Checklist: > Initial boot worked: [O] > Configure network HW: [ ] > Config network: [ ] > Detect CD: [E] > Comments/Problems: > Works fine until the ide-detect module is loaded. At that point the system > hangs. > Starting installation with DEBCONF_DEBUG=5, then switching to console 3 shows > the last command as "insmod adma100" > This system has never been particularly happy with the 2.4.x kernels in > Debian. It boots fine off 2.2 kernels. Manually upgrading the > 2.4.24-1-generic seems to work until either of the de4x5 or tulip network > drivers are installed and the network is brought up. Tulip will hang the > system, de4x5 times out dhclient. Thanks for the report. We have 2.4.24 kernel images in the archive for d-i, but I hadn't yet switched to using them for the daily builds. This is done now, and tomorrow's ISOs should be 2.4.24-based. Would you be willing to give them a try? Have you filed a bug on the kernel-image packages about the tulip/de4x5 issue, by chance? Thanks, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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