Bug#248973: sarge netinst hangs on scanning for ISO image
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 2004-05-14 ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz
uname -a: n/a
Date: 2004-05-14
Method: usb-stick SIEMENS FIREBIRD USB2 (correcty detected by debian-installer
decompressed boot.img.gz onto /dev/sda and copied sarge-i386-netinst.iso (2004-05-13)
Machine: IBM Thinkpad t40p
Processor: Pentium M 1,6 GHz
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE
root device not yet setup (I wanted to do that during installation)
hard disk: IC25N080ATMR04-0 (IBM/Hitachi 80 GB)
partitions
/dev/hda1 ntfs approx. 7,9 GB
/dev/hda2 nfts approx. 800 MB
/dev/hda3 vfat approx 2GB
rest is unallocated and reserved for debian
Output of lspci: -
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [ ]
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:
installer started fine from usb-stick and installation proceeded until
"Searching drinves for an installer ISO image. All modules were
loaded just fine but then the installer says "Scanning
/dev/discs/disc0/part3 (in My eBooks/) .." and stop at 30% scanning.
It remains there for about 5-10 min and then starts the scanning again
until the 30% stage.
/var/log/messages reports the modules loaded (last entry: sd_mod)
/var/log/syslog reports the following:
...
user.notice hd-image-detect: Failed mounting /dev/discs/disc0/part2
syslog.warn klogd: VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev ide0(3,3)
syslog.err klogd cramfs: wrong magic
syslog.warn klogd: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
syslog.warn klogd: VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev ide0(3,3)
syslog.warn klogd: sh-2021: reiserfs_read_super: ca not find reiserfs on ide0(3,3)
user.notice hd.image-detect: Mounted /dev/discs/disc0/part3 for first pass
The first message is presumable OK since there ist an ntfs on
/dev/hda2. (Same message are also reported for /dev/hda1). The following
messages also make sense, since there ist a vfat fs installed on
/dev/hda3. However, the installation hangs on the final user.notice
message
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Jan Gläscher
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Jan Gläscher
NeuroImage Nord
Department of Neurology, Bldg S10
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martinistr. 52
D-20246 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49-40-42803-7890
Fax: +49-40-42803-9955
Email: glaescher@uke.uni-hamburg.de
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