Bug#728126: Bug #728126

To: "728126@bugs.debian.org" <728126@bugs.debian.org>
Cc: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>
Subject: Bug#728126: Bug #728126
From: Rens Houben <rhouben@systemec.nl>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 15:09:40 +0000
Message-id: <[🔎] df208aef2f094d83b3382ced0b6d3384@SISNL-EXCH02.systemec.local>
Reply-to: Rens Houben <rhouben@systemec.nl>, 728126@bugs.debian.org

Hello,

I just encountered the same bug on two Dell Poweredge 1950 systems, and after some googling discovered the answer in the Dell tech support knowledge base:

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2012/02/29/hybrid-iso-images-on-dell-servers.aspx

TL;DR: The USB drive emulation subsystem in the PE1950, when set to 'auto' guesses wrong when trying to identify a debian netinst USB image and tries to treat it as a floppy. Force the emulation mode to 'Hard Disk' in the BIOS and the installer will run smoothly.


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Rens Houben
Systemec Internet Services

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