Re: bug in Sarge Debian Installer
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On Sunday 12 December 2004 11:37, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> I have discovered a bug in the new Debian Installer. The bug is when
> using PXE boot install and having an onboard network interface in the
> computer and a second (pci-)network interface. When you want to install
> via pxe boot on the added network interface, that is not the onboard,
> all goes fine until the point where the fetch kernel should load. At
> this point the computer simple hangs with a blank screen as a result.
> Disabling the onboard controller does not solve the problem.
I very much doubt this is an installer problem, as the installer is not
yet running at that time.
It could either be a problem in your bios with regard to PXE booting or
something in the way the files to be fetched are set up on the tftp
server (which would kind of make it an installation media problem).
We do know that some architectures don't seem to like some tftp servers,
so you could try switching your tftp server.
atftpd and tftpd-hpa seem to work for i386.
I have not seen reports of this problem before. I guess your best bet is
try to solve it yourself and let us know if you find a solution.
One option for debugging this is looking at the packages sent over the
network using a sniffer.
Cheers,
FJP
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