Bug#256354: hd inst on i386 failed
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 2004-06-26 and beta-4, see below
uname -a: n/a
Date: 2004-06-26, 14:40 CEST
Method: hard disk
Machine: desktop system
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) processor
Memory: 527953920
Root Device: IDE (not used?)
Root Size/partition table: n/a
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16)
00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5961 (rev 01)
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:
I tried the installation according to 5.1.3 of the manual ("booting
from linux using LILO or GRUB") with lilo (as of woody).
I tried it with the images from
http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/ (both 2.4
and 2.6) and from
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/beta4/images/hd-media/
(only 2.4).
Both 2.4 cases ended with the error message:
Cannot open root device "" or 3a:04
The 2.6 boot ended with the error message:
RAMDISK: incomplete write (-28 != 32768) 8388608
In all three cases there was a final kernel panic.
lilo-configuration is:
image=/boot/d-i-20040626/vmlinuz
label=d-i
initrd=/boot/d-i-20040626/initrd.gz
append="devfs=mount,dall"
optional
I'm now going to try my luck with the netinst.iso of beta-4.
Cheers,
Andi
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