Package: base-installer Version: 1.110 Severity: grave User: debian-...@lists.debian.org UserTags: debian-edu
I discovered this using the Debian Edu DVD and installing on a i686 kvm guest on a i686 Lenny host. The problem is that installation now is successfull, but the installed machine fail to boot. The grub menu show up but the boot do not succeed. After selecting the grub menu item, the machine reboot right away. This used to work before the apt-setup problems #595903 and #598457 made it impossible to test the DVD. Now these problems are fixed but the installation is broken in a new way. :) I debugged this slightly, and the problem seem to be that d-i installed a amd64 kernel on the 32-bit guest, and kvm is failing to boot the kernel. Booting in rescue mode and installing the 486 kernel get the system running. The Debian Edu DVD only include two kernels, 486 and amd64, to make room for user applications on the DVD. I looked at the installation log, and base-installer is looking for the 686, 686-bitmem, amd64 and 486 kernels in that order, and end up installing the wrong kernel for this machine. I spoke with Ben Hutchings on IRC, and he said the amd64 kernel is listed as an option because the kvm CPU incorrectly list 'lm' as a CPU flag. I looked in /proc/cpuinfo and the lm flag is listed there. This worked a few weeks ago, and I would really want it to work to install Squeeze also on "broken" kvm hosts. Setting severity to grave, as this leads to unbootable systems, and is a regression from Lenny and earlier versions of Squeeze. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2flk4lweklv....@login2.uio.no
