Subject: installation-report: Mostly successful amd64-kde install on Intel P965/ICH8 chipset with JMicron IDE
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Boot method: CD
Image version: Debian GNU/Linux testing "Etch" - Official Snapshot amd64 kde-CD Binary-1 20070312-01:49 from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/jigdo-cd/
Date: <Date and time of the install>
Machine: Intel Core2Duo E6300 on MSI P965 Neo-F motherboard
Partitions:
Disk /dev/sda: 30401 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System Use
/dev/sda1 0+ 242 243- 1951866 82 Swap swap
/dev/sda2 * 243 3281 3039 24410767+ 83 Linux /
/dev/sda3 3282 6320 3039 24410767+ 83 Linux /home
/dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
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: [E,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:
Initial attempts with no boot options almost worked, but gave many IRQ
errors, leaving the system unusable. After some research I found the
"irqpoll" boot option, which worked at the cost of some performance.
This system did not need the generic.all_generic_ide=1 option.
I also tested two live Linux CDs with later kernels. Both Knoppix 5.1.1
(i386 kernel 2.6.19) and BlueWhite64 (amd64 2.6.20) work fine without
additional boot options.
This is a new system with Intel Core2Duo E6300 cpu on an MSI P965 Neo-F
motherboard, 250G SATA hard drive connected to ICH8 south bridge and IDE
DVD-RW drive connected to JMicron JMB361 IDE interface. Trying the expert
install option made no difference. Without irqpoll the installer often
failed to find the hard drive.
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