Bug#402395: successful (but very slow in parts) etch installation
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Date: Nov 8, 2006
Machine: Desktop PC Homebuilt GA-5AA Aladdin V motherboard
Processor: AMD K6 500 MHz
Memory: 256 MB
Partitions: # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 17.3 GB, 17302134784 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2103 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2103 16892316 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Disk /dev/hdb: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 *
512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 2492 20016958+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdb2 * 2493 3597 8875912+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 3598 3649 417690 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 3598 3649 417658+ 82 Linux swap
/ Solaris
Disk /dev/hdc: 20.4 GB, 20496236544 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2491 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 2491 20008926 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Disk /dev/sda: 8 MB, 8028160 bytes
2 heads, 32 sectors/track, 245 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 *
1 244 7792 1 FAT12
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ALi Corporation M1541 [10b9:1541] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ALi Corporation M1541 PCI to AGP Controller [10b9:5243] (rev 04)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller [10b9:5237] (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] [10b9:1533] (rev c3)
00:09.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c810 [1000:0001] (rev 12)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
00:0f.0 IDE interface [0101]: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE [10b9:5229] (rev c1)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP [102b:0521] (rev 01)
# lspci -vnn
00:00.0
Host bridge [0600]: ALi Corporation M1541 [10b9:1541] (rev 04)
Subsystem: ALi Corporation ALI M1541 Aladdin V/V+ AGP System Controller [10b9:1541]
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [b0] AGP version 1.0
Capabilities: [e0] #00 [0000]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ALi Corporation M1541 PCI to AGP Controller [10b9:5243] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge:
0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: cee00000-cfefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: ccc00000-cecfffff
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller [10b9:5237] (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at dffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] [10b9:1533] (rev c3)
Subsystem: ALi Corporation ALi M1533 Aladdin IV/V ISA Bridge [10b9:1533]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
00:09.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c810 [1000:0001] (rev
12)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
Memory at dfffef00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 [10ec:8139]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Memory at dfffee00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at dffe0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
00:0f.0 IDE interface [0101]: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE [10b9:5229] (rev c1) (prog-if
fa)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP [102b:0521] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Millennium G200 AGP [102b:ff03]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at cd000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at cfefc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at cf000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
Expansion ROM at cfee0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management
version 1
Capabilities: [f0] AGP version 1.0
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O] *
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O] *
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O] *
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
The sections
marked with the * above experienced severe slowdown. Install was normal up until about halfway through detecting the cdrom. Then the system appeared to freeze up. I started to think it had crashed but after about ten minutes it finished with the cdrom detection. Similar kind of effects during detecting hard drives and installing the base system. During the base system install the cdrom kept spinning up and spinning down and making some strange noises. In any case the installer eventually finished without any error messages. The installation is just fine now.
This system has two cdrom drives:
/dev/hdd
/dev/sg0
The installation was done from the IDE cdrom because thats the one that is bootable from my BIOS. I did notice the SCSI activity light was flickering a lot more than normal while the installer was trying to read from the IDE cdrom. This could have had something to do with the
slowdown.
The SCSI cdrom drive is the only thing that is really unusual about this syste. There is also an ISA soundblaster AWE32 card in the system. The kernel doesn't even notice it so I'm sure that had nothing to do with it.
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