Bug#485508: SV: SV: Bug#485508: Bug report
As I stated in my bug report, the system hung a lot earlier than "initrd", so I did not consider it to be that same problem. Perhaps it is, I have however already solved the problem by instead using another motherboard so I will not test the alternative image this time, but it helps to know its there.
Thanks for your help,
Patrick
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Från: Frans Pop [mailto:elendil@planet.nl]
Skickat: den 11 juni 2008 11:17
Till: Patrick Fabrizius
Ämne: Re: SV: Bug#485508: Bug report
1) Please *always* reply to the BTS and not to people personally.
2) I can understand that you were annoyed at the other reply, but is that
really a reason to give up on this?
3) The erratum really is there, look for "i386: booting the installer may
fail on some older systems".
4) I'd still like you to try an alternative image before investigating
other options.
5) If that does not work, there _are_ other options. I'm not sure if
Debian will give the same BIOS warning as Ubuntu. Without having the
full boot log I cannot really comment on that anyway.
On Wednesday 11 June 2008, you wrote:
> The following opinion is irrelevant to the bug report, but I think it
> is sad that backward compability is left out, like it would seem in
> this case (the hardware first mentioned works with windows 2000 and I
> cannot see why the latest Debian wouldn't). Being able to install on
> old systems has always been a strong feature IMHO.
In general I agree with you, but the only way that support for older
hardware can be maintained is if owners of that hardware are willing to
work with the community when there are regressions...
If you do wish to persue this, please try one of the alternative images
and reply again to my original message (to 485508@bugs.debian.org).
If you don't we'll have no other option than closing it.
Cheers,
FJP
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