Bug#257771: i386 netboot: 2.4 garbled, 2.6 broken
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: netboot from
http://p.d.o/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot
and
http://p.d.o/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/2.6
downloaded 05-JUL-2004 at 22:00 UTC
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: 05-JUL-2004
Method: netboot, then selecting 'testing'
network connection through local HTTP proxy to ftp.de.debian.org
Machine: plain vanilla i386 from parts
Processor: AMD K6-2 500MHz
Memory: 96MB
Root Device: 40GB IDE /dev/hdb1
Root Size/partition table: 39GB ext3 on hdb1, 512 MB swap on hdb5
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O/E]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
1. With both images, the starting screen was garbled: lots (but not
all) of non-ASCII characters were displayed as little black blocks
(see http://www.medvillage.de/debian/ )
2. The 2.6 version (with kernel 2.6.7-1-386) did not detect my hard
disks, so installation stopped there
Herbert
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