Package: installation-reports Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
Trying to install Etch RC1 snapshot on an itanium RX7620 box fails CD-ROM detection phase. The CD-ROM on this thing is NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD, which is a SCSI drive that requires sym53c8xx.ko module. This module is available in the scsi-common-modules-2.6.17-2-itanium-di_1.10_ia64.udeb package, but that packages has not been pulled in yet, as evidenced by the contents of /lib/modules/2.6.17-2-itanium/kernel/drivers/scsi: 3w-9xxx.ko lpfc scsi_transport_sas.ko 3w-xxxx.ko megaraid scsi_transport_spi.ko aacraid megaraid.ko sd_mod.ko aic7xxx_old.ko osst.ko sg.ko atp870u.ko ppa.ko sr_mod.ko dmx3191d.ko qla1280.ko st.ko imm.ko qla2xxx tmscsim.ko initio.ko scsi_mod.ko ips.ko scsi_transport_fc.ko Installation can not proceed at this point. -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/ia64/iso-cd/debian-testing-ia64-netinst.iso Date: <Date and time of the install> Machine: ia64, RX-7620 Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred> Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [ ] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [E] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [ ] -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers edgy-security APT policy: (500, 'edgy-security'), (500, 'edgy-backports'), (500, 'edgy') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-10-generic Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
