Bug#233312: net-installer freezes during base installation
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Daily Build 20040216
Date: 2004-02-17
Method: Booted directly from CD-R via Ontrack DDO
Installation Parameters: None
Machine: Compaq Presario 9548
Processor: Intel Pentium 200 MHz
Memory: 128 MB + 8 MB EDO on system board
Root Device:
-Maxtor DiamondMax 4320 Ultra ATA 8.4 GB (model: 90845D4)
-Software Installed: Maxtor Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO): Ontrack v9.84
NIC: Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet Adapter (model: NC100
v2.1)
Graphics:
-onboard: S3 Trio64V+ (1 MB EDO DRAM) [currently disabled in BIOS]
-PCI Slot: Diamond Stealth II S220 (4 MB)
Optical Drive: Factory Installed Internal 4x CD-ROM
Partition Table:
hda1 50 MB ext3 /boot
hda5 3700 MB ext3 /
hda6 512 MB swap
hda7 3750 MB ext3 /home
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
I have started the Sarge net-install program over five times. The
installer runs perfectly until it reaches "Installing The Debian Base
System" at which point it freezes. Usually it locks up while
"retrieving" a file (e.g. addusr, bash, base-config, debconf) but will
occasionally lock up during a "validating" operation as well. There
doesn't seem to be a specific file that causes problems because it stops
at a different point each time I run the program. (Usually it stops at
around 10% completion of the base install.) Unfortunately I have not
been able to get past this point in the installer nor have I found a key
combination that will make the software respond after it locks up. It
would be nice if there were an option in the program to re-try or cancel
the operation at hand so that one would not be forced to do a hard
reboot in the event the program freezes. Other than that that I found
the program easy to navigate and quite responsive.
-Jonathon
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