Bug#242417: debian-installer installation report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 4.4.2004 http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: No shell prompt... (installation failed)
Date: 6.4.2004 18:30
Method: CD install, booted off the CD
Machine: ICL MikroMikko ErgoPro desktop machine
Processor: Intel Pentium MMX 200MHz
Memory: 32MB SIMM
Root Device: Seagate (Medalist?) 2GB IDE hard disk
Root Size/partition table: Nothing yet
Output of lspci: No installation yet
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [X]
Configure network HW: [X]
Config network: [X]
Detect CD: [E]
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:
The system booted off the CD fine and the installer started, but the installer can't mount the CD. It tries to mount it (the cdrom drive is active, LED blinking) but just says "Failed to find and mount a Debian CD-ROM". When trying to mount it manually from a console, I get this:
~ # mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom
mount: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: Mounting /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 on /cdrom failed: Not a directory
Also, I get the following error messages (multiple times) to the console on alt-f4:
Apr 6 19:01:00 (none) syslog.warn klogd: hdc: tray open
Apr 6 19:01:00 (none) syslog.warn klogd: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
Apr 6 19:01:02 (none) syslog.err klogd: cramfs: wrong magic
Apr 6 19:01:06 (none) syslog.warn klogd: ISOFS: unable to read i-node block
There's nothing wrong with the CD medium (I just burned it and the system booted off it just fine). I don't know the brand of the CD-ROM drive, but I can open the machine's case and check it out if you're interested... If you want to know more, get back to me.
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Tuukka Yla-Anttila
tuukka.yla-anttila@edu.hel.fi
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