Re:%20Bug#497212: installation-reports: booting the lenny installer via pxe leeds to a black screen
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On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:59:09PM +0200, Master wrote:
>On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org> wrote:
>> tags 497212 - patch
>> thanks
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:13:00AM +0200, Master wrote:
>>> It seems that debian-installer/i386/pxelinux.cfg/default is broken. If
>>> I replace it with the etch version the installer boots and leads to a
>>> normal installation.
>>
>> Which kind of display are you using?
>
>17" TFT (LG Flatron L1730B)
>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
>661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 04
I am also seeing blank (white) screens whilst PXE netbooting both the text
and graphical amd64/i386 dailies from 20080902-1 ( which can be fixed by
substituting the "boot-screens/vesamenu.c32" file with that from the Lenny
beta 2 release ) on two different machines.
>> Could you try to press "esc", "enter" or "tab" when you are in front of
>> the black screen?
>
>non of the keys work.
>ctrl+alt+del doesn't work, even the num lock LED doesn't toggle
However in my case "esc" gives a 'boot:' prompt, "enter" brings up a box
entitled 'Password required' and "tab" (or up/down arrow) shows a box in
the top half of the screen with 'Enter [Tab] to edit options' below it.
Typing 'install', 'rescue' etc. then boots the installer as required.
Regards
Jon
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