Bug#238306: marked as done (Boot prompt recommendation (floppy=thinkpad) is not (always) necessary)
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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 20040304 build from Joey Hess' directory
uname -a: n/a
Date: March 4, 2004
Method: attempted net install from floppies
Machine: IBM Thinkpad 560x
Processor: i586
Memory: 64MB
Root Device: 4GB IDE internal drive
Root Size/partition table: n/a
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [ O]
Configure network HW: [ E]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
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:
I downloaded the installer floppies from J. Hess' daily build directory on
20040304. The floppies load up OK (by the way, the splash screen looks very
professional, and is a nice way to initially confront the user). I did not
need to specify any boot parameters (even though there is a recommendation
to specify "floppy=thinkpad").
The installer is not able to recognize my ethernet card. I have an Etherlink
III PCMCIA card. Normally this is recognized by Linux with the 3c589_cs
module, but even if I choose that in the Network setup menu, it is not
recognized. I also tried specifying "irq=9 io=0x300" on the parameter line
(derived from a working Debian install), but that does not work either. I
tried a number of other network modules (including "not listed"), but none
of them worked.
As an additional bit of information: I had earlier tried to use the
semi-official installer floppy images from 20040204. These had no problem
automatically detecting my PCMCIA network card, and I was able to download
the full installer with them. (Unfortunately, I could not install the base
system with them due to "Debootstrap Error Failed getting Releasefile
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists//Release."; even though it had earlier
downloaded the installer!)
Hope this information helps to improve the installer.
-Mason
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From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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Subject: Bug#238306: fixed in debian-installer 20040323
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Source: debian-installer
Source-Version: 20040323
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-installer, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-installer-demo_20040323_i386.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-installer/debian-installer-demo_20040323_i386.deb
debian-installer_20040323.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-installer/debian-installer_20040323.dsc
debian-installer_20040323.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-installer/debian-installer_20040323.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 238306@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-installer package)
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Hash: SHA1
Format: 1.7
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:31:31 -0500
Source: debian-installer
Binary: debian-installer-demo
Architecture: source i386
Version: 20040323
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Description:
debian-installer-demo - run a live demo of the Debian Installer, without rebooting
Closes: 238306
Changes:
debian-installer (20040323) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Thiemo Seufer
- Make mips mini-ISO bootable.
* Vincent Sanders
- ARM: make bast and netwinder subarches build and install from netboot
* Joey Hess
- Remove the status.udeb symlink; udpkg has been changed to use regular
status.
- Only some thinkpads need the floppy=thinkpad bot parameter, it seems.
Closes: #238306
- Turn on building of Dutch translation of installation manual (by Frans
Pop).
- Calculate an appropriate ramdisk_size and substitute it into
syslinux.cfg on the fly.
- Add rebuild_<image> targets for convenience.
* David Nusinow
- Change to discover1 and discover1-data udebs, as part of the discover
transition.
* Sven Luther
- Early powerpc-small support for old world floppies. Not yet working
though.
- Added support for building power3 and power4 images in addition to
powerpc.
- Early untested apus support stuff.
Files:
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3f2fbf937cb52d8f3b24bb55b35122c9 1424171 devel extra debian-installer_20040323.tar.gz
83b972ad52021853ec4c7bb21287e637 12886 devel extra debian-installer-demo_20040323_i386.deb
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