Bug#509314: Lenny installer RC1
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?>
CD
Image version: <Full URL to image you downloaded is best>
any
Date: <Date and time of the install>
December 13, 2008
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
custom older AMD64 machine
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64
Memory:
1G
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
never got that far
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
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:
I've downloaded the .iso image twice and burned it 3 times using two different machines. I get the same problem each time. The boot CD is not recognized and the machine tries to boot from the hard disk.
I booted the system from an Ubuntu 8,10 disk and just finished install Etch+1/2 on it so there is nothing wrong with the machine.
The notes on the Etch+1/2 install indicate it's using the Lenny RC1 installer so I suspect it's not a problem with the installer either. It may be the .iso image simply doesn't have the boot code on it.
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