Debian-installer-version: Beta 1 - Website - 09-11-2003
Date: 19-11-2003
Method: from CDROM; with
cdrom debug aic7xxx=no_probe video=vga16:off apm=off noapic
Machine: Inspiron 8100; BIOS A15
Processor: PIII-866
Memory: 256 MB
Output of lspci: not available on Installer
With RH7.3 / 2.4.20:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and
Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BAM IDE U100 (rev 03)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go]
(rev b2)
02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i
PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10)
02:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus
(rev 10)
02:06.1 Communication controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem
(rev 10)
02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus
Controller
02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus
Controller
02:0f.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394
Controller
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [E]
Detect CD: [E]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [?]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [E]
Mount partitions: [E]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Whatever I pass as parameters (cdrom debug aic7xxx=no_probe
video=vga16:off apm=off noapic), the behaviour is identical:
Load kernel from CDROM; after 2 seconds the menu Language Selection
shows up.
Whatever I click here,
the steps are
Detecting Hardware (very fast)
Loading Kernel-Modules (very fast; except for ide)
Loading components of the Debian Installer (normal)
Detecting Hardware (extremely fast)
Loading Kernel-Modules (just a flash)
Next, the whole thing freezes (Power as Reset is only chance) with a
blue screen (pun !) and a single white line at the bottom; black cursor
at the left, not blinking.
On terminal two we get a normal shell; dmesg without problems (difficult
to store it)
On terminal 3 we get Debug Info; at the only possible break during
language selection nothing spectacular; a few warnings on unavailable
.udeb modules and dependencies.
Observing this terminal during the deadly seconds after selecting any
language (Enter->Alt-F4), it always ends with
insmod cdrom 2>/dev/null
insmod ide-cd 2>/dev/null
using /lib/modules/2.4.22-1-386/kernel/fs/isofs/isofs.o
insmod isofs 2>/dev/null
and then everything is frozen as described above until Power-Off
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