Bug#637284: Can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

[Mike Hore <mike_hore@aapt.net.au>]

Hi Jonathan,

> Mike Hore wrote:
> > Hi Jonathan,
> > > Mike Hore wrote:
>
> > > > I would expect that the latest fixes would only be in Testing.  Is
> > > > this right?
> > >
> > > Nah, the network driver was updated in Stable[2].
> [...]
> > Well, I found I'd accidentally left myself an unused partition :-)
> > So I went ahead and did a regular install using the current weekly build
> > netinst iso.
> >
> > Unfortunately, the problem(s) is/are still there.
>
> Sure, I had no reason to believe the hang was fixed in wheezy.  What
> changed is that stable gained an updated network driver; I had been
> hoping to see whether _that_ worked.

OK, I'll get a blank DVD today and see if the live image works.

-- Mike.


> If it did, it would be possible to confirm, by upgrading only the kernel,
> linux-base, and initramfs-tools[1]:
>
>   1. That it's the kernel that broke on this hardware in sid, not some
>      userland component
>
>   2. Whether installing the firmware-linux-nonfree package helps
>
>   3. As a bonus, which version of the kernel introduced the trouble (by
>      bisecting through the available kernels in snapshot.debian.org)
>
> [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental
> .


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