Re: Debian4 network install woes [WAS: problems installing with 'writemaster' CDROM]
On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 18:01 +0100, michael wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 14:47 +0100, Wackojacko wrote:
> > michael wrote:
> > > Folks, I've a new machine
> >
> > Its likely that the machine has more bearing on this problem than the
> > CDROM itself. We need more information regarding the Motherboard and in
> > particular the IDE or SATA chip the drive is connected to.
> >
> > > with a "writemaster" CDROM drive. When trying
> > > to install Debian 4.0 from iso image burnt to CD, it initially
> > > recognises the CD and starts the installation but fails at the screen
> > > where the CD drive is to be recognised (for continuing the
> > > installation). I've tried various module/device combos but all to no
> > > avail. I've looked about on Google but not come up with a working
> > > solution.
> > >
> > > Has anybody else successfully uses this CDROM drive to install Debian,
> > > or have suggestions on how I can determine a working module/device
> > > combo. Please let me know if you need any further information.
>
> here's some more info (snippets from 'dmesg'):
> sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
> ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64
> scsi2 : ata_piix
> scsi3 : ata_piix
> ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000012128 ctl 0x000000000001214e
> bmdma 0x00000000000120f0 irq 19
> ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000012120 ctl 0x000000000001214a
> bmdma 0x00000000000120f8 irq 19
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
> scsi4 : pata_marvell
> scsi5 : pata_marvell
> ata5: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x0000000000011018 ctl 0x0000000000011026
> bmdma 0x0000000000011000 irq 17
> ata6: DUMMY
> BAR5:00:00 01:7F 02:22 03:CA 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 0A:00
> 0B:00 0C:01 0D:00 0E:00 0F:00
> ata5.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-S182M, SB03, max UDMA/33
> ata5.00: configured for UDMA/33
> scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M SB03 PQ: 0
> ANSI: 5
> device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl (2006-10-12) initialised:
> dm-devel@redhat.com
> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
>
> sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
> sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
> scsi 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
> sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
> rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
> rtc0: alarms up to one month
> iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:03.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
> iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.01 (21-Jan-2007)
> iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8DO TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
> iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k2-NAPI
> Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:19.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:19.0 to 64
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> parport_pc 00:09: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
> parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
> FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
>
> cdrom: sr0: mrw address space DMA selected
> ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
> ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
> SELinux: initialized (dev sr0, type iso9660), uses genfs_contexts
>
As W-J, suggested, I've tried a Ubuntu installation CD which does indeed
detect and use the CDROM okay. Here's a snippet of the syslog:
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.554527] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M SB03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562154] SCSI device sda: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB)
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562163] sda: Write Protect is off
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562165] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562174] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: ce sda: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB)
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562208] sda: Write Protect is off
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562209] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562217] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562220] sda: sda1 sda2
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581569] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581647] SCSI device sdb: 1465149168 512-byte hdwr sectors (750156 MB)
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581653] sdb: Write Protect is off
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581654] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581663] SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581685] SCSI device sdb: 1465149168 512-byte hdwr sectors (750156 MB)
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581690] sdb: Write Protect is off
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581692] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581700] SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581702] sdb: sdb1
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.598588] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.600403] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.600470] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.600539] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.604923] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.604925] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.605010] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
(not 100% sure that's all the relevant info...)
any ideas? I've tried all I can think of and Googled endlessly...
Thanks
Michael
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