Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: beta3 uname -a: 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 00:11:13 EST 2004 i686 unknown Date: 2004-04-04 Method: Booted off the businesscard CD-ROM (IDE/hdc) Machine: Custom-made Processor: Duron 1600 Memory: 256 MB Root Device: IDE (hda) Root Size/partition table: hda1 is 10 GB, but that's not very relevant Output of lspci: ,---- | 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 746 Host (rev 10) | 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202 | 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0963 (rev 25) | 00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016 | 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] | 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0) | 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) | 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) | 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller | 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet (rev 91) | 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] `---- Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [ ] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: When loading the ide-detect module, the kernel logs show that the hard disk and CD-ROM drive are correctly detected, but then I get lots of "hda: lost interrupt" (same with hdc). From then on, no hard disk or CD-ROM access manages to get through. I tried not loading the sis5513 module, using the generic module instead, I also tried without even the generic module, no better. LKML tells me I should try and disable DMA at boot time, but I haven't been able to guess how to do that (I get the same results when using "linux nodma ide=nodma hda=nodma idebus=nodma" and disabling DMA from the BIOS's setup).
The kernel on beta2 (2.4.21 or 2.4.22, I think) works better on this particular box (well, at least until network enters the game -- the on-board LAN chipset uses FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF as its MAC address, which causes problems for data transmission and reception). Roland. -- Roland Mas Au royaume des aveugles, il y a des borgnes à ne pas dépasser. -- in Soeur Marie-Thérèse des Batignolles (Maëster)
