Bug#254764: sarge-i386-netinst (20040615) fails cdrom mount and debootstrap
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: sarge-i386-netinst.iso (20040615)
uname -a:
Linux tintin 2.4.26-1-386 #2 Sat May 1 16:31:24 EST 2004 i686 unknown
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:44:32 +0200
Method: netinst CD with ISA PCMCIA Network card behind DSL NAT router
No proxi.
Machine: Dell Latitude CPi (Same as bug #248363 for beta-4)
Processor: P2
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda2 (I kept hda1 empty)
Root Size/partition table:
0.5 MB /dev/hda1 ext3 (none)
5 MB /dev/hda2 ext3 /
0.5 MB /dev/hda3 swap
Output of lspci: (Later if needed)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [E] unmount and manually mount
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E] debootstrap failed looking for
/cdrom/dists//Release
Install boot loader: [E] failed again with /cdrom/dists//Release
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems: 2 Main bugs.
* No graphics starting page still. (Since #248363 beta-4)
* Now ISA PCMCIA network card is properly detacted now.
(Thus closing #248363)
* Still CDROM mount error experienced. (*** BUG1 ***)
(unmount and mount yieleded OK result.
CD was valid only after remount)
* debootstrap look for Release file in wrong location. (*** BUG2 ***)
(/cdrom/dists//Release instead of /cdrom/dists/sarge/Release)
* Did not bother to install grub manually.
Key hardware issues:
* CD-ROM has slow spin-up (Also this could not read CD-RW as boot
media)
Key install process info:
* ALT-F3 screen ends with following screen:
....
insmod isofs
/dev/cdroms/cdroms0: open failed: Read-only file system
No matching file system found
/dev/cdroms/cdroms0: open failed: Read-only file system
No volume group found
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
modprobe: failed to load modules floppy
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