Bug#186283: marked as done (netinst cd problems (march24th sarge image))
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From: Drew Scott Daniels <umdanie8@cc.UManitoba.CA>
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Subject: netinst cd problems (march24th sarge image)
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Package: debian-installer
I'm using sarge-i386-netinst.iso created March 24th.
I'm constantly targeting sarge as I'm unsure if sid will work.
Problem 1 (normal bug):
cdrom install keeps asking for dhcp network configuration before the
network hardware is configured.
Problem 2 (critical bug):
Core (base?) package installation fails.
When installing the packages I get:
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I: Installing core packages...
P: 2 40
base-installer's postinst exited with status 256
installer[47]: Setting main menu questions priority to critical
Debian Installer Main Menu
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How do I find out what caused this? After this fails I can't install a
kernel or lilo as they depend on base being installed.
I've been playing around with the cd and I've got the kernel to install
somehow, maybe with the net install, but I couldn't get lilo to install
into the mbr. I've tried manually configuring lilo, but what is the target
root directory? Iirc I've tried:
root=/dev/hda1
root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
root=/dev/discs/disc0/part1
And I've got kernel 2.4.20 or kernel 2.4.19 *from* the installer (not the
one for the installer).
Problem 3 (minor bug):
Bochs' network card can't be auto detected. It emulates an ne2k (looks
like it's an isa device). I changed the emulated IRQ and IOADDR to several
values that Bochs suggested, and to the actual value of a network card on
my system.
Sub issue (wishlist):
when autodetect fails it doesn't change the default to don't
autodetect
Problem 4 (wishlist):
Bochs is slow, so I notice when it takes forever to copy over files from
the CD, verify them and unpack them. It's annoying to see many udebs get
installed that I don't need. Some examples include keyboard maps for
keyboards that I don't have.
Problem 5 (minor):
For some reason I can setup the network settings manualy, but dhcp doesn't
work. I haven't verified if this is my dhcp server, bochs or something
with the debian-installer. Both dhcpd3? and pump can't configure my
network settings.
Problem 6 (minor):
The net install image seems to be find with the PS/2 keyboard and
autodetects without problems, but cdrom install doesn't automatically
detect PS/2 and complains when PS/2 is selected.
Problem 7 (normal):
It seems that root= arguments are ignored for both cdrom and net. I.e.,
there seems to be no rescue mode. The documentation at boot says there is
the option to use root= to rescue.
To resolve these issues for me can somebody point me to minimal install
that can let me use apt-get over a network to get sid? Or maybe I could
just setup lilo somehow (I have used boot-floppies to rescue and run lilo
and the sarge images to run a shell and run lilo, maybe one of these
confuses lilo too much).
Drew Daniels
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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:21:29 +0100
From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" <sgunderson@bigfoot.com>
To: 172338-done@bugs.debian.org, 172405-done@bugs.debian.org,
179428-done@bugs.debian.org, 186283-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Closing old installation reports
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(Resending this with randomized addresses in the To: field; it might have
been eaten by SpamAssassin. Apologies if it reaches BTW twice :-) )
I'm closing a bunch of old installation reports that do not appear to be
related to the current state of the installer (ie. report problems that has
been fixed now; some of these should have been closed ages ago, but never
was). Feel free to test the d-i beta and submit new installation reports :-)
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