Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-10 Thread Jack Carroll
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 11:55:26PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Please do not reply to all. I had set a correct reply-to header for my > previous mail. In general: please only reply to the bug report > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). OK. > > On Monday 10 April 2006 23:36, Jack Carro

Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-10 Thread Jack Carroll
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 10:20:36PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > So, if you'd just accept the 2.4 kernel offered by default, the > installation will go fine. You can upgrade to a 2.6 kernel after the > installation finishes. This procedure worked with a PCI network board (3c59x). The int

Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-10 Thread Jack Carroll
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 10:20:36PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > reassign 361180 base-installer > retitle Selecting 2.6 kernel when installing using 2.4 will break install > thanks > > On Monday 10 April 2006 21:11, Jack Carroll wrote: > > That revealed the place where

Re: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-10 Thread Jack Carroll
I have some time today, so I'll resume work on the problem. You two gentlemen seem to stay up amazingly late at night. On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 02:55:32PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 11:56:27AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > > > For a pair of root.img and

Re: Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-09 Thread Jack Carroll
On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 11:08:51AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 08:42:02PM -0400, Jack Carroll wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 08:21:52AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > > > > What is the reason for using 'expert'? > >

Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-07 Thread Jack Carroll
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 08:21:52AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > Please provide the output of > > fdisk -l /dev/hda > > Here you are: Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot S

Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-07 Thread Jack Carroll
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 08:21:52AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > Tags 361180 moreinfo > thanks > > On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 12:23:00AM -0400, Jack Carroll wrote: > > Package: installation-reports > > > > Debian-installer-version: www.debian.org/devel/debian-insta

Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-07 Thread Jack Carroll
On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 12:19:30AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Saturday 08 April 2006 00:03, Jack Carroll wrote: > > During kernel download, ls /target/boot shows > > System.map-2.6.15-1-686 > > config-2.6.15-1-686 > > initrd.img-2.6.15-1-686.new > > v

Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-07 Thread Jack Carroll
nnium ESMTP/MULTIBOX > sccrmxc22 #662) This doesn't make any sense to me. I'll see if I can get an answer from Comcast as to why it's doing this. > > On Saturday 08 April 2006 00:03, Jack Carroll wrote: > > During kernel download, ls /target/boot shows >

Bug#361180: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel]

2006-04-07 Thread Jack Carroll
- Forwarded message from Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:08:45 -0400 From: Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't inst

Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-07 Thread Jack Carroll
Two of you replied to my bug report. I'll send my replies to both of you. On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 01:21:50PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 07 April 2006 06:23, Jack Carroll wrote: > > FIRST RUN: > > At reboot, the GRUB screen listed only "Other operat

Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel

2006-04-06 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer 2006-0406 daily build uname -a: Not available. Boot failed. Date: 20060406 1800 Method: Install command was: expert hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false Machine: HP Vectra VL Processor

Bug#283600: RC2 succeeded; unhelpful error message

2004-11-29 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: RC2 uname -a: Linux edgar 2.4.27-1-k7 #1 Fri Sept 3 06:21:29 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Nov. 28, 2004 Method: How did you install? FTP download from mirror What did you boot off? Floppies, 20041118 set, with network

Bug#283452: No SCSI module support in Debian Installer RC2

2004-11-28 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: RC2, 20041118 floppy image set uname -a: N/A Date: 11/28/2004 2100 EST Method: How did you install? Network. What did you boot off? Floppy If network install, from where? ftp://debian.uchicago.edu Proxied? No.

Bug#267325: reproduced

2004-09-10 Thread Jack Carroll
This report should be merged with 268945. He reported the same symptoms I did with a Radeon video board. It looks like this installer bug is specific to Radeon boards. One possible fix is to eliminate all video mode switching within debian-installer, except for tests of XF86Config-4 file

Bug#267325:

2004-09-09 Thread Jack Carroll
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (I paraphrase): > That was probably the installer starting the framebuffer... > You can add debian-installer/framebuffer=false... This option appeared to do what it's supposed to, but did not affect the sidewise shifting of the text-mode display. It caused the appe

Bug#267515: Installer RC1 [fails on older ISA SCSI boards]

2004-08-22 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: RC1 uname -a: N/A Date: 8/22/2004 2140 EDT Method: How did you install? Tried both CD and network. What did you boot off? Floppy If network install, from where? ftp://debian.uchicago.edu Proxied? No. Connecte

Bug#267325: RC1 CD install succeeds [Text mode display shifts 1 char left during reboot]

2004-08-21 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: RC1. Followed link on devel/debian-installer to CD download via bittorrent; not sure where it actually went. Downloaded 8/15/2004. uname -a: Linux edgar 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 22 12:46:23 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date:

Bug#266225: Installer RC1 [Athlon] [GRUB installs only on MBR] [Text mode screen shifts left]

2004-08-16 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: RC1 uname -a: Linux edgar 2.4.26-1-K7 #1 Thu Jul 22 13:24:02 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Aug. 16, 2004 about 2200 EDT Method: How did you install? FTP download from mirror What did you boot off? Floppies, 20040801 set, with netwo

Bug#256426: SCSI fatal bug seems recent

2004-06-26 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: June 19, 2004 ftp.rutgers.edu testing uname -a: Linux jeeves 2.4.25-1-586tsc #2 Wed Apr 14 20:49:50 EST 2004 i586 GNU/Linux Date: June 19, 2004 about 2200 EDT Method: How did you install? FTP download from mirror What did you

Bug#252551: other possible tests

2004-06-14 Thread Jack Carroll
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 08:53:07PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > I think daily floppy images are available at > http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/installer-i386/current/images/ but > I'm not sure everything you'll need is there. > Who would know for sure? I'm willing to do some te

Bug#252551: other possible tests

2004-06-09 Thread Jack Carroll
I've posted my latest results under the bug number above, and supplied some additional information requested by Christian Perrier. Maybe you can suggest a direction for further tests. I noticed that after I booted from the floppies and configured a network interface, it down

Bug#252551: Clarifications requested by Christian Perrier

2004-06-05 Thread Jack Carroll
1. I may have the wrong terminology for the version of d-i. On advice from M. Michlmayr, I downloaded floppy images from http://ftp.debian.org/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/ on 2004/05/30. When the floppy executed, it identified itself as 20040528. I thought from info

Bug#252551: Multiple SCSI bugs, etc, worked around, succeeded

2004-06-03 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Beta-4 20040528 floppy images uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.26-1-386 #2 Sat May 1 16:31:24 EST 2004 i586 unknown Date: 5/30/2004, 5/31/2004 Method: Network What did you boot off? Floppies If network install, from where?

Bug#236745: Debian-installer

2004-05-31 Thread Jack Carroll
On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 11:42:18AM -0300, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-29 16:18]: > > Regarding the lspci command, the AHA1542 is not a PCI board. It's > > an ISA, non-PNP board. It does have a boot ROM, and floppy installers

Bug#236745: Debian-installer

2004-05-30 Thread Jack Carroll
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 01:18:34PM -0300, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-27 20:25]: > > I'm just getting back to trying to update the target machine, so > > this comes at a good time. I downloaded the beta images about a week

Bug#236745: Debian-installer

2004-05-28 Thread Jack Carroll
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 07:00:56PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-29 18:37]: > > 1. The fatal error occurred at the "Configure and mount" screen. Only the > > partitions on /dev/sda were displayed and offered for ass

Bug#236745: Debian-installer

2004-03-07 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 2/28/2004 uname -a: Date: 2/28/2444 1900 Method: How did you install? Network. What did you boot off? Floppies. If network install, from where? Debian US mirror. Proxied? No. Masquerade firewall with DHCP server, running

Bug#235544: Debian-installer

2004-02-29 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 2/28/2004 uname -a: Date: 2/28/2444 1900 Method: How did you install? Network. What did you boot off? Floppies. If network install, from where? Debian US mirror. Proxied? No. Masquerade firewall with DHCP server, running

Bug#235540: Debian-installer

2004-02-29 Thread Jack Carroll
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 2/28/2004 ftp.debian.org uname -a: N/A, couldn't get that far Date: 2/28/2004 1600 EST Method: Booted from floppies, and loaded installer kernel modules from floppies. Intended to download system, didn't get that far. Machine: Frankenstein