Bug#304181: CD-ROM cannot be mounted if piix module loaded
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: rc3
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/weekly/i386/sarge-i386-1.iso 2005-04-08
(dated 2005-03-24)
uname -a: Linux ukko 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:01:58 EST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2005-04-11 around 12:00 UTC
Method: Booted off CD number 1,
downloaded packages from local mirror debian.hut.fi, no proxies
Machine: old, fairly basic desktop from around 1998
Processor: Celeron (Mendocino) 333 MHz
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda 40 GB
Root Size/partition table:
This was a test install, still keeping my woody
First Last
# Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID) Flag Use
-- ------- ----------- ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------- ---- ---------------
1 Primary 0 2056319 63 2056320 W95 FAT32 (LBA) (0C) None Other OS
2 Primary 2056320 4048379 0 1992060 Linux (83) None unused
3 Primary 4048380 61850249 0 57801870 Extended (05) None
5 Logical 4048380 5044409 63 996030 Linux (83) None old woody /
6 Logical 5044410 6040439 63 996030 Linux swap (82) None swap
7 Logical 6040440 14040809 63 8000370 Linux LVM (8E) None old woody
8 Logical 14040810 22041179 63 8000370 Linux LVM (8E) None old woody
9 Logical 22041180 30041549 63 8000370 Linux LVM (8E) None old woody
10 Logical 30041550 38041919 63 8000370 Linux LVM (8E) None old woody
11 Logical 38041920 46042289 63 8000370 Linux LVM (8E) None old woody
12 Logical 46042290 54042659 63 8000370 Linux LVM (8E) None unused
13 Logical 54042660 61850249 63 7807590 Linux (83) None /
Pri/Log 61850250 80292869 0 18442620 Free Space None
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI]
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900B-Combo Etherlink XL [Cyclone] (rev 04)
0000:00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0c)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 01)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 02)
0000:00:04.0 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
0000:00:04.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
0000:00:04.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
0000:00:04.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
0000:00:0a.0 0401: 1274:5000
0000:00:0b.0 0200: 10b7:9005 (rev 04)
0000:00:0c.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 0c)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 102b:0521 (rev 01)
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: [E]
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: [ ]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
First of all, I would like to thank everyone working on the installer,
and Debian more generally, for a great work!
I would also want to report a problem with detecting my CD-ROM drive.
I first booted off the CD with the "linux" or "linux26".
After selecting the keyboard layout, the installer tried to
mount the CDROM, but without success. I got the following error
message (perhaps with slight errors, recorded using a pen and paper):
[!!] Detect and mount CD-ROM
Your installation CD-ROM couldn't be mounted. This probably means
that the CD-ROM was not in the drive. If so you can insert it and try
again.
Try again to mount the CD-ROM
When I booted with expert or expert26 and choose the module piix not to
be inserted when detecting the CD-ROM, everything went fine.
The CD-ROM drive (hdc: SAMSUNG SCR-3232, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive)
does not seem to work with DMA under my self-compiled kernel 2.4.27
(from backports.org) that I currently use in the woody installation
that I run in everyday use on the same computer. I recall that under
the original 2.4.18, it worked. I have not yet had time (or motivation)
to investigate this very far.
Same thing now after the installation of sarge: If I insert a CD (and
something tries to mount it) I get error messages of the following type:
hdc: tray open
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 572
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 143
hdc: tray open
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 512
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 128
(...)
and the system slows down a lot, being busy retrying. After a
"hdparm -d 0 /dev/hdc", the cdrom works fine, but without DMA of course.
My installation logs are available at http://iki.fi/kenny/sarge_install/ .
They are password "protected" with username "guest" and password "egras".
Although I chose to install with the "expert26" option, I recall trying
the same with the "expert" option, which also worked fine if I chose not
to insert the piix module.
I also tried with the daily CD image downloaded on 2005-04-11 from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/20050403/
and had exactly the same problem.
A second note: I was a little surprised that no version of emacs
seemed to be included in the "desktop installation" (don't remember
the exact wording) of tasksel. I guess that there is a good reason
for this.
If you have any questions, I would be happy to try to answer them.
With best regards,
Kenrick Bingham
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