Bug#705627: linux-image-3.2.0-4-486: wheezy installer fails to boot on Lenovo S10e
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-4-486
Version: 3.2.35-2
Severity: grave
Tags: d-i patch
Justification: renders package unusable
I've just installed the debian-wheezy-DI-rc1-i386-netinst.iso installer on a
Lenovo S10e netbook with a Intel Atom N270 1.60GHz by doing this onto a USB
thumb drive:
dd if=debian-wheezy-DI-rc1-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb
It does show the splash screen, but when I select "Install", it just hangs
there, and never boots. Running "install intel_idle.max_cstate=0" boots, and
that's how I was able to run the install. Otherwise the install process worked
perfectly. Apparently its an old bug, I found a discussion of the issue and
the workaround that I used here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/634702
After the install, I tried installing the same kernel that the installer uses
(linux-image-3.2.0-4-486) and rebooting to it. That worked fine. It seems
that is a different version than the version the installer uses:
$ file /mnt/install.386/vmlinuz
/mnt/install.386/vmlinuz: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version
3.2.0-4-486 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) #1 Debian 3.2.35-2, RO-rootFS,
swap_dev 0x2, Normal VGA
$ file /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-486
/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-486: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version
3.2.0-4-486 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) #1 Debian 3.2.41-2, RO-rootFS,
swap_dev 0x2, Normal VGA
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0 DI-rc1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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