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Bug#356251: Preseeded automatic installation fails to install a kernel

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: CD (using 2.6 kernel)
Image version: debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso
Downloaded from: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/ 
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:08:34 -0500

Machine: Dell Precision 470n
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz
Memory: 1035096 kB
Partitions:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        4863    39062016   83  Linux
/dev/sda2            4864       19452   117186142+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5            4864       19122   114535386   83  Linux
/dev/sda6           19123       19452     2650693+  82  Linux swap / Solaris


Output of lspci and lspci -n:

$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. Workstation Memory Controller Hub (rev 09)
0000:00:00.1 ff00: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub Error Reporting Register (rev 09)
0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port A0 (rev 09)
0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port A1 (rev 09)
0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port B0 (rev 09)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) Serial ATA 150 Storage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. PCI Bridge Hub A
0000:01:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. PCI Bridge Hub B
0000:03:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 04)
0000:05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00fd (rev a2)

$ lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:359e (rev 09)
0000:00:00.1 ff00: 8086:3591 (rev 09)
0000:00:02.0 0604: 8086:3595 (rev 09)
0000:00:03.0 0604: 8086:3596 (rev 09)
0000:00:04.0 0604: 8086:3597 (rev 09)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24d2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24d4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24d7 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:24de (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24dd (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24d0 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24db (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 0101: 8086:24d1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24d3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24d5 (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 0604: 8086:0329
0000:01:00.2 0604: 8086:032a
0000:03:0e.0 0200: 8086:1026 (rev 04)
0000:05:00.0 0300: 10de:00fd (rev a2)


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:    [E]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]

Comments/Problems:

Preseeded automatic installation fails to install a kernel.

A small, relevent excerpt of my preseed values:

d-i     debconf/priority        string  critical
d-i debian-installer/kernel/image string kernel-image-2.6-686
During base system installation the installer fails with a 'no initrd generator' error.
The same installation, using the same preseed information except with debconf/priority set to "medium", results in a successful installation.
Clueless user ponderings: After manual installation succeeded and the target rebooted, I checked for a /var/log/debian-installer/debconf-seed file, thinking that perhaps there is an additional preseed value that the etch version of the installer needs to specify an initrd generator, but there was no such file present on the system. Maybe there is another way to attain preseed values after a manual installation and I just don't what it is. 

Michael Peek
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