Bug#238536: Fail to load partitioner

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Package: install


Version:
Sarge testing(snapshot of 12 march 2004) got from http://ftp.nl.debian.org/
by jigdo

Problem:
I tried to install debian from cd, but when the partitioner loads the loader
halts at 14%
The kernel is still functioning well and I can view the error messages at
tty4, but they're so numerous, I won't give them all, and they start when
the installer loads, even before the partitioner)

Reproducing:

Boot from CD. Choose default language and keyboard layout(i have both tried
nl_NL and en, us keyboard). 
I don't know the technical details of my system, but it has a prim. master
and prim. slave harddisk, and sec. master cdrom. It has a 3com ethernet card
as well(whose module is loaded correctly) and a i810 sound card.

Saving logs and configuration doesn't succeed.

My error matches #236184 as well, but still it's a bit different and maybe it isn't even the same error