Bug#252000: debian-installer installation report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
uname -a:
Date: 5/29, 30, & 31/04
Method: From CD (sarge-i386-netinst)
Machine: IBM NetVista PIII 800 MHz 128M
40G
Processor: Pentium
3
Memory:128 Mb
Root Device:
DNA - didn't get that far
Root
Size/partition table: DNA - didn't get that
far
Output of lspci: DNA - didn't get that far
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [*] *this option not presented at this
point
Config network:
[*] *this option not presented at this
point
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:
Initiated install
from CD; get "choose language" screen (picked American English); got choose
country screen (picked US); then proceeds to load modules to search for CD
drive; get message "Failed to find and mount
a Debian CD-ROM, Do you want to try again" ; when I choose "Yes", it just tries
again with the same results
I've tried it
several times using CD created from sarge-i386-netinst.iso. I've
tried several builds, including the latest dated 20040530; the MD5SUM checked
out. I've even tried sid, which I think also uses the Beta4
installer. Same frustrating result each time. Even though it boots
from the CD and initiates the install, it can't detect and mount the same
CD.
NOTE: I've used
this same method (CD install from sarge-i386-netinst) on another PC with
excellent results. The other PC is also a P3 of similar vintage and
endowments, but is NOT an IBM NetVista, it's a clone.
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