Bug#607885: squeeze testing di beta2 amd64 installer kernel panic on xenserver vm
Hi Jacco,
On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 17:06 +0100, Jacco Beije wrote:
> Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_beta2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-squeeze-di-beta2-amd64-netinst.iso
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> After selecting which install (tried normal and expert) the kernel boots but hangs right away, only showing:
I presume you are installing an HVM guest using the "Other config"
template?
I just tried this with the di rc1 image from
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-sq-di-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso and it booted and started the installation (I gave up at the root password prompt, having determined that I got past the point where you saw the crash).
There was a bug in an older kernel which caused a hang when the Xen
platform PCI device was active, this was fixed in kernel 2.6.32-26.
Unfortunately there is not enough context in the logs or the screenshot
to determine if this is the issue you are hitting and I don't know how
to figure out what precise kernel version was used the image you were
testing.
If you can hit Shift-PgUp you might be able to scrollback far enough to
see the start of the dmesg you might be able to see a line like:
[ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-29) (ben@.....)
Where the "(Debian 2.6.32-XX)" indicates the kernel version.
However, I suspect the easiest way to determine if the issue is fixed
would be to simply test the rc1 image...
Ian.
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