Bug#269338: Successful install with linux26 only on Dell Inspiron 2650
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 31st August 2004, from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux agilinux 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 31st August 2004
Method: booted from CD burned with image pointed to above
Machine: Dell Inspiron 2650
Processor: Pentium4 M 1.7 GHz
Memory: 256MB
Root Device: IC25N020ATCS04-0
Root Size/partition table: 3.6GB
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:1a30 (rev 05)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:1a31 (rev 05)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2482 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2484 (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 42)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:248c (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:248a (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:2483 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:2485 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.6 0703: 8086:2486 (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0112 (rev b2)
0000:02:01.0 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 78)
0000:02:04.0 0607: 1217:6972
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
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]
Comments/Problems:
As you can see, the date/time output of 'uname -a' is completely wrong (my
installation date is correct). The timezone should also be BST. I'm quite
positive I selected the correct region in the installation (London), and
this is what it came up with.
Now, I also said in the subject that only booting with the 'linux26' flag
resulted in a working system. When I used the default 'linux' flag from the
boot CD, the system installed (seemingly) correctly. However, upon rebooting
into the new system, the screen became corrupt when (I think) the
base-config screen should have appeared. By corrupt, I mean coloured
vertical lines appeared across the screen, and it looked heavily distorted.
I think I could see some characters on the screen, but each one would have
filled almost half of the screen. I couldn't really do anything except type
Ctrl-Alt-Delete, which didn't always work. (I tried resetting and trying
again).
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