* Christian Perrier (bubu...@debian.org) wrote: |> Quoting Jim McCloskey (mccl...@ucsc.edu): |> > Package: installation-reports |> > |> > Boot method: CD |> > Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso |> > |> > Date: Dec 20th--21st
|> This is probably the following problem, listed in the errata file: |> |> Due to a pata_marwell module not begin properly autoloaded |> on i386 and amd64 media, |> peripherals driven by Marvell disk controllers are not detected. If |> IDE is used in legacy mode with these controllers, switch to |> console 2 when the installer boots (Alt+F2) and |> run 'modprobe -r ahci; modprobe pata_marvel; modprobe ahci' before |> continuing. |> |> |> Could you do two tests ? |> |> 1) try with the same image, then follow the above instructions (switch |> to VT2 when the installer boots and run the magic commands) and |> check if the CD is detected later on. This did indeed fix the problem. Thank you. |> 2) download the *netboot* image of the daily builds. I really mean |> *netboot*. Not netinst. This is a very small ISO image (8MB). With |> that image, which has the latest kernel package from unstable, that |> problem should not happen I will try this when the current install finishes (I want to re-do the partition scheme in any case). Thanks very much to all who helped (the installation has now completed without problem), Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
