Bug#262070: failed installation report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/20040727/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux lovesong 2.4.26-1-386 #2 Sat May 1 16:31:24 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004 07 28 at about 3P.M. EDT
Method:
Used SBM to boot from the CD I burned from the above-mentioned .iso image.
Never got as far as reaching the network.
Machine: ASUS motherboard
Processor:, Athlon processor, 1600 MHz.
Memory: 1 gigabyte
Root Device: an IDE DVD drive, reading from a CD-ROM.
Root Size/partition table:
Root partition is /dev/hda3, 8.5 Gigabytes. The entire sarge system
is being installed within this partition, including
/home, /boot, and everything. It is formatted during installation
with the reiser file system.
/dev/hda4 contains a working woody system. It works perfectly
before and after the sarge installation.
/dev/hda1 contains a working Windows ME system. It works just as
badly before and after installation.,
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20265 (FastTrak100 Lite/Ultra100) (rev 02)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R200 BB [Radeon All in Wonder 8500DV]
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [E]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
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:
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
My experiences are quite similar to those I had with the Beta-4
installer I tried yesterday and reported on in bug#261745.
Everything went smoothly, except:
After the reboot I about 16 complaints of the form:
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
When I specified the Debian mirror I wanted to use, and it tried to
reach the site, I again got these messages, after which it informed
me that the mirror was unreachable. Methinks it is /dev/eth0 that is
unreachable. The messages continued sporadically until I rebooted out
of the installation.
Please let me know what additional actins you would like me to take
to diagnose this problem. I suspect it may not be a problem with the
installer per se, but perhaps with some of the software being installed.
My woody system, on the same machine in partition /dev/hda4, works
perfectly.
For completeness, here is the routing table (obtained by route -n):
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
172.25.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 172.25.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
and here's the output from ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E6:55:93:CD
inet addr:172.25.1.4 Bcast:172.25.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xb400
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8688 (8.4 KiB) TX bytes:8688 (8.4 KiB)
I have a woody system on partition /dev/hda4, and it gives me the same
route -n and ifconfig output.
lsmod suggests to me that indicates that 8139too does indeed appear to
be loaded. I believe it is the proper driver for my ethernet card.
Module Size Used by Not tainted
nls_cp437 4284 2 (autoclean)
floppy 44348 2 (autoclean)
vfat 8908 1 (autoclean)
fat 28152 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
scanner 10592 0 (unused)
radeonfb 20972 63
fbcon-cfb8 3176 0 [radeonfb]
fbcon-cfb32 3656 0 [radeonfb]
fbcon-cfb16 3752 0 [radeonfb]
fbcon-cfb24 4040 0 [radeonfb]
ehci-hcd 14892 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 19632 0 (unused)
usbcore 52908 1 [scanner ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
via82cxxx_audio 17692 0 (unused)
ac97_codec 11412 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
uart401 6244 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
sound 50280 0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401]
soundcore 3268 4 [via82cxxx_audio sound]
ide-scsi 8464 0
8139too 12744 1
mii 1952 0 [8139too]
crc32 2848 0 [8139too]
ohci1394 21776 0 (unused)
sr_mod 12248 0 (unused)
sbp2 15412 0 (unused)
ieee1394 179268 0 [ohci1394 sbp2]
scsi_mod 85380 2 [ide-scsi sr_mod sbp2]
ide-cd 27936 0
cdrom 25056 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
rtc 6280 0 (autoclean)
reiserfs 154928 1 (autoclean)
ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused)
via82cxxx 9416 1 (autoclean)
ide-disk 12512 2 (autoclean)
pdc202xx_old 9892 1 (autoclean)
ide-core 93948 2 (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-detect via82cxxx ide-disk pdc202xx_old]
unix 13260 2 (autoclean)
Here's the contents of /proc/cpuinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 1661.976
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 3316.12
And here's /proc/pci:
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333] (rev 0).
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd7ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP] (rev 0).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=12.
Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 70).
IRQ 17.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Max Lat=32.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0130000 [0xe01307ff].
I/O at 0xb000 [0xb07f].
Bus 0, device 14, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 16).
IRQ 18.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xb400 [0xb4ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0131000 [0xe01310ff].
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 (rev 2).
IRQ 19.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xb800 [0xb807].
I/O at 0xbc00 [0xbc03].
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc007].
I/O at 0xc400 [0xc403].
I/O at 0xc800 [0xc83f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0100000 [0xe011ffff].
Bus 0, device 16, function 0:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 128).
IRQ 21.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xcc00 [0xcc1f].
Bus 0, device 16, function 1:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#2) (rev 128).
IRQ 21.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd01f].
Bus 0, device 16, function 2:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#3) (rev 128).
IRQ 21.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f].
Bus 0, device 16, function 3:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 130).
IRQ 19.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0132000 [0xe01320ff].
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge (rev 0).
Bus 0, device 17, function 1:
IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 6).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd80f].
Bus 0, device 17, function 5:
Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 80).
IRQ 22.
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdcff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R200 BB [Radeon All in Wonder 8500DV] (rev 0).
IRQ 16.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=8.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000 [0xdfffffff].
I/O at 0xa000 [0xa0ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe001ffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0040000 [0xe004ffff].
-- hendrik@pooq.com
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