Package: installation-reports Version: 2.17 Severity: normal
-- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/ia64/iso-cd/debian-testing-ia64-netinst.iso Date: 20060817 Machine: HP Integrity rx2600 [ia64] Partitions: Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 ext3 68496816 332028 64685348 1% / Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system: [E] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [E] Comments/Problems: It nearly completed base-install, but failed installing a kernel because it was trying to install initrd-tools for some reason. As you can see below, it chose to install linux-image-2.6-mckinley-smp, which depends upon linux-image-2.6.16-2-mckinley-smp. Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.16-2-mckinley-smp usable on mckinley Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.16-2-mckinley usable on mckinley Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.16-2-itanium-smp usable on mckinley Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.16-2-itanium usable on mckinley Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-mckinley-smp usable on mckinley Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-mckinley usable on mckinley Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-itanium-smp usable on mckinley Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-itanium usable on mckinley Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: Found kernels 'linux-image-2.6.16-2-mckinley-smp,linux-image-2.6.16-2-mckinley,linux-image-2.6.16-2-itanium-smp,linux-image-2.6.16-2-itanium,linux-image-2.6-mckinley-smp,linux-image-2.6-mckinley,linux-image-2.6-itanium-smp,linux-image-2.6-itanium' Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: arch_kernel candidates: linux-image-2.6-mckinley-smp linux-image-2.6-mckinley Aug 17 23:57:42 base-installer: info: arch_kernel: linux-image-2.6-mckinley-smp (present) Aug 17 23:57:54 base-installer: info: Using kernel 'linux-image-2.6-mckinley-smp' Aug 17 23:57:54 base-installer: info: Setting do_initrd='yes'. Aug 17 23:57:54 base-installer: info: Setting link_in_boot='no'. Aug 17 23:57:54 apt-install: Reading package lists... Aug 17 23:57:54 apt-install: Aug 17 23:57:54 apt-install: Building dependency tree... Aug 17 23:57:54 apt-install: Aug 17 23:57:54 apt-install: E: Aug 17 23:57:54 apt-install: Package initrd-tools has no installation candidate Aug 17 23:57:54 apt-install: Package initrd-tools is not available, but is referred to by another package. Aug 17 23:57:54 apt-install: This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or Aug 17 23:57:54 apt-install: is only available from another source Aug 17 23:57:54 base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/failed-package-install Aug 17 23:58:04 main-menu[2049]: WARNING **: Configuring 'base-installer' failed with error code 1 Aug 17 23:58:04 main-menu[2049]: WARNING **: Menu item 'base-installer' failed. Aug 17 23:58:08 main-menu[2049]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected -- Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this report. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================== Installer hardware-summary: ============================================== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
