Bug#410512: installation-reports: Installing from USB fails, boot failures
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: USB memory.
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Date: 2007-02-09 -- 2007-02-11
Machine: Booksize PC, Light-860A-IR53F Booksize PC VIA EDEN 533MHz
Processor: VIA Samuel 2 533 MHz
Memory: 256MB
Partitions:
I got the files to be written to USB memory from directory
http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
tale@ratbert:~$ lspci -nn
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:0601 (rev 05)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:8601
0000:00:07.0 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.4 0680: 1106:3057 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 50)
0000:00:08.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:00:09.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:00:0b.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1023:8500 (rev 6a)
ratbert:~# lspci -vnn
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:0601 (rev 05)
Subsystem: 1106:0601
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:8601
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e57fffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
0000:00:07.0 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 40)
Subsystem: 1106:0000
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
0000:00:07.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: 1106:0571
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at c000 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
0000:00:07.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1a)
Subsystem: 0925:1234
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
I/O ports at c400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
0000:00:07.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1a)
Subsystem: 0925:1234
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
I/O ports at c800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
0000:00:07.4 0680: 1106:3057 (rev 40)
Subsystem: 1106:3057
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2
0000:00:07.5 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 50)
Subsystem: 1106:3058
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at cc00 [size=256]
I/O ports at d000 [size=4]
I/O ports at d400 [size=4]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
0000:00:08.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
Subsystem: 10ec:8139
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Memory at e5810000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
0000:00:09.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
Subsystem: 10ec:8139
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
Memory at e5811000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
0000:00:0b.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
Subsystem: 10ec:8139
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Memory at e5812000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1023:8500 (rev 6a)
Subsystem: 1023:8500
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Memory at e4800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [90] Power Management version 1
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [E ]
Detect network card: [ ]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Made USB memory following Installation Manual chapter 4.4. With the zcat method,
the USB memory boots. I see the d-i welcome screen and can browse the help screens.
Starting install or installgui, even with BOOT_DEBUG=2 only shows
Loading linux.... (four periods every time)
I tried this with installer files I downloaded on 2007-02-08 and -10.
The command fdisk -l /dev/sda shows a very strange partition table,
perhaps this is expected since I did zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sda,
not to /dev/sda1. But cfdisk /dev/sda shows
FATAL ERROR:
Bad primary partition 0:
Partition begins after end-of-disk
Next I tried the more complicated way of creating a USB memory for
installing. Then the boot just hangs, nothing happens and nothing on
screen after the BIOS output. I did install-mbr /dev/sda and that made
things a little bit better, I see on screen:
MBR
Boot failed
This info obviously not from the host to be installed:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686-smp
Locale: LANG=fi_FI@euro, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
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