On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:58, Ferenc Wagner <wf...@niif.hu> wrote: > Gyorgy Jeney <nog.l...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 24 November 2010 21:54, Ferenc Wagner <wf...@niif.hu> wrote: >> >>> Gyorgy Jeney <nog.l...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> On 24 November 2010 20:25, Ferenc Wagner <wf...@niif.hu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> # sed -i '/^timeout/s/0/50/' /mnt/syslinux.cfg >>>>> # umount /mnt >>>>> >>>>> and then try to boot the installer from the pendrive. Now it should >>>>> automatically choose the default item in the boot menu after 5 seconds >>>>> (unless syslinux is actually frozen by this time). >>>> >>>> I tried that. When the menu appears, at the bottom, it counts down 5, >>>> 4, 3, 2, 1 and then reads something from the USB key for some time >>>> (the activity light flashes on the key) and then just hangs at the >>>> menu with the count being 1. I waited about a minute before rebooting >>>> at this point. >>> >>> Looks like it actually tries to load the kernel. Could you please fully >>> rewrite syslinux.cfg to contain only the following four lines and retest? >>> >>> default linux >>> append initrd=initrd.gz >>> prompt 1 >>> timeout 50 >>> >>> This should skip the menu and also make the kernel more verbose. >> >> This results in the following output: >> >> SYSLINUX 4.02 debian-20101014 EDD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et >> al >> Loading linux..... >> Loading initrd.gz.......ready. >> >> And then hangs. > > Thanks. Looks like when installed this way, Syslinux can't pass > execution to the loaded kernel on your machine. #604560 looks rather > similar, so yours may not be the only problematic machine. > Unfortunately I can't reproduce this in Qemu, so further debugging isn't > easy, unless hpa or another developer comes forward with a clever idea. > I'm pretty much at the end of my wits... Will try to repro this on some > real hardware, though.
That's not fun. However, this is a really good indicator of the real issue. Three simple and quick ideas are (after extracting the image, of course): 1) Use the installer from the official distribution 4.02 to upgrade it. 2) Use 4.03 to upgrade it. 3) Use linux.c32 (with one of the three versions; preferably official 4.03) to load the kernel. The only other quick idea is related to EFI but I'd rather that someone else chime in as it requires a quick patch and core rebuild. -- -Gene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
