Bug#411319: Vedr. Re: Bug#411319: Vedr. Re: Bug#411319: Hang at "Creating device files"

[David Härdeman <david@hardeman.nu>]

On Wed, February 21, 2007 12:17, Kjell Rune Skaaraas said:
> now I also
> tried to do another install using the daily image:
> ...
> (Date: Feb 20th). Verified MD5 sum, wrote to CD with
> verification, same hang on 73%, downloading cryptsetup
> and dmcrypt. Also made another non-crypto install,
> works fine. AFAIK these should be be on the CD anyway,
> certainly the full CD1 image I downloaded last time.

Actually, the problem seems to lie with the CD image (or hardware, or the
kernel):

Feb 20 16:17:49 base-installer: Using CD-ROM mount point /cdrom/
Feb 20 16:17:49 base-installer: Identifying..
Feb 20 16:17:55 kernel: hde: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 {
DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Feb 20 16:17:55 kernel: hde: media error (bad sector): error=0x34 {
AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x03 }
Feb 20 16:17:55 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Feb 20 16:17:55 base-installer: [0f1385d5d0dc8ba1136499f487017f72-2]
Feb 20 16:17:55 base-installer: Scanning disc for index files..
Feb 20 16:17:55 kernel: ATAPI device hde:
Feb 20 16:17:55 kernel:   Error: Medium error -- (Sense key=0x03)
Feb 20 16:17:55 kernel:   (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x02, ascq=0x00)
Feb 20 16:17:55 kernel:   The failed "Read 10" packet command was:
Feb 20 16:17:55 kernel:   "28 00 00 00 00 39 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "
Feb 20 16:17:55 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hde, sector 22

then a few lines later it tries to install cryptsetup...and hangs (most
probably due to read errors), the last few lines from "ps ax" are:

 7745 root 528 S   /bin/sh /bin/apt-install cryptsetup
 7792 root 480 S   log-output -t apt-install chroot /target apt-get -y -
 7793 root 2400 R   apt-get -y --no-remove install cryptsetup
 7795 root 1424 S   /usr/lib/apt/methods/cdrom
 7931 root 352 S   nc -p 80 -l -e /usr/bin/httpd
 7964 root 520 R   ps awxxx

The last two processes are from the debugging, but process 7795 suggests
that apt is trying to get the package from the CD-ROM.

What is the result if you run the "Check the CD-ROM(s) integrity" command
from the d-i main menu?

> I also verified from the console that wget works, so
> even if it tried using a Debian mirror, it should
> still work.

Ok, but it seems that it tries the CD-ROM first (and fails) meaning it
never gets to that...

-- 
David Härdeman