Bug#395459: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: Boot to CD
Image version: 10-21-2006. Image from
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/i386/iso-cd
Date: October 21, 2006. Various attempts between 7pm and 9:30pm PST
Machine: "parts" machine - MSI MS-6300 motherboard
Processor: AMD Duron 950mhz processor
Memory: 512mb
Partitions: Can't get that far - install does not get to HD partitioning
Output of lspci and lspci -n:Can't get that far - install does not complete
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O ]
Configure network HW: [E ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [O ]
Load installer modules: [O ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Installer started up from CD properly. Selected the default install
procedure. Installer proceeds as expected until it tries to detect the
network hardware. The installer fails to do so; the next screen informs
me of the problem, and gives me a list of drivers to manually activate
the card. The card in the machine is a Realtek 8139 - I select this
driver from the list. The installer tries the driver (I assume that's
what it's doing when it blanks the screen) ... and then returns me back
to the "choose a driver" page. I assume the chosen driver did not work.
The motherboard has a realtek 8101 card -- which the installer doesn't
have a driver for (I expected that to happen). I have tried installs
with the card active (to see if it would work anyway), and with it
disabled in bios ,to make sure that my problem is not a card conflict.
I have confirmed that the network card is functional (I've actually
tried two different rtl8139's - both have worked in other machines), and
have also confirmed that the router, cables, and other hardware are
functional.
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