Bug#220160: installation-reports: cfdisk in endless loop
Package: installation-reports
Severity: grave
Tags: sid
Justification: renders package unusable
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Installation on a Toshiba Satellite 4010CTD
64 mb ram, pII 266,
4 gb ide hd, ide cdrom.
Used boot floppies from sid.
(kernel 2.4.22-1-i386)
Installation seemed to go fine, it had detected the hardware fine
(other than network, see below), downloaded stuff from whatever default
mirror was configured, everything was good until it started
trying to run cfdisk, then it threw an error about cannot open disk,
press any key to exit, and looped back to the same error every time
I hit a key.
(checking ps aux in the shell it seemed like one of the postinst scripts
was continually running cfdisk)
running cfdisk from the shell produced the same error.
(but no loop). Running cfdisk from the shell
with a parameter of the path to the ide disk (/dev/discs/disc0/disc) brought
up what I expected to see (the partition table of the disk
so I could partion it).
Notes about the network:
Since the boot images + network image did not have support
for rtl8150.o I copied it manually via a floppy using the shell,
modprobed it, then returned to the installer menu and continued.
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