Re: Bug#306476: quick question about Bug#306476
On Friday 24 February 2006 03:52, Randall Wayth wrote:
> Thanks for this info. I actually tried the latest etch cd yesterday but
> it failed also (to mount the CD) even though it seems to explicity
> handle SCSI cdrom devices. (At least one gets that impression from the
> messages that come up that it does.) So I wonder now exactly what the
> problem is?
I have no experience with SCSI CD-ROM drives.
The daily builds of the installer have lspci. The output of that may help
to determine what type of controller you have (and thus what driver you
need).
For the rest, trying things manually from VT2 is a good idea as it will
show you any error messages better then when commands are run within the
installer.
SunBlade 100 systems are notorious though. I tried installing one at a
developers meeting recently and ran into the weirdest problems which were
not even consistently reproducible. I did succeed in installing from CD
some times, but at other times had errors halfway through the
installation.
The only really successful installation reports we've had, have been with
netboot installs.
It seems to me there is a serious kernel or driver bug somewhere that
someone who has both the hardware and skills needs to trace...
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