Bug#603960: Same problem occurs with amd64 iso image

[Eric Wayman <waymaner@gmail.com>]

Hello Feri,

I just tested the original beta2 squeeze installer. Selecting
"Install" from the splash screen menu exhibited the same behavior as
with the special ISO you had linked me to: a 30-second or so wait, and
then the installer process began and the language menu showed up.

Replacing the closing "-- quiet" with "edd=off" as you instructed, the
installer still worked. In this case however, there was no wait at all
for the language menu to show up.

Best Regards,
Eric


On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu> wrote:
> Eric Wayman <waymaner@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I just tested the ISO you linked me to; sorry for the long delay in my
>> response.
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> No problem, thanks for testing!
>
>> Basically, everything works. [...]
>> I think I see what the issue is. When I entered "test" and "test-788",
>> it took about 30 seconds to complete the "Probing EDD (edd-off to
>> disable)..." step. At that time, I thought it might have jammed as
>> before. However, after waiting 30 seconds, everything worked properly.
>>
>> Selecting "Install" from the splash screen menu, I also had to wait
>> about 30 seconds before the splash screen disappeared and I was taken
>> into the installer process.
>>
>> I believe that this wait is probably the "bug" I was experiencing with
>> the beta2 installer. So it is likely that the "bug" is just the long
>> wait time which led me to believe the installer had jammed. This
>> problem did not exist on Debian Lenny.
>>
>> I hope this is helpful! If you would like me to submit this
>> information somewhere, please tell me how so that they know that I
>> used a different install version.
>
> This is immensely useful.  I Cc-d the bug report, so you needn't submit
> this separately anymore.  However, I'd like to ask you test two more
> things if possible: please try the original beta2 squeeze installer
> again, giving the EDD probe some more time to time out.  Then, whatever
> happens, boot again, press TAB on the Install menu item, and replace the
> closing "-- quiet" with "edd=off" on the command line.  Please report
> back your findings with keeping the bug address on Cc.
> --
> Thanks,
> Feri.
>