Bug#770231: Amd64-efi installer becomes unresponsive on x86 bios

2014-11-19 Thread Samuel Comeau
Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB bootable drive Image version: Debian GNU/Linux 7.7.0 "Wheezy" - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20141018-13:04 Date: 17:00, 19 november 2014 Machine: Old DELL Silitech machine Processor: 2 Xeon @ 2.80GHz Memory: 2GB Partitions: df -Tl Filesystem

Bug#770231: Amd64-efi installer becomes unresponsive on x86 bios

2014-11-21 Thread Samuel Comeau
On November 21, 2014 03:30:13 PM Steve McIntyre wrote: > [ Re-adding the CC to the bug report ] > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:49:42PM -0500, Samuel Comeau wrote: > >Hello Steve, > > > >The intent of the report was that the installer fails "silently", inste

Bug#770231: Amd64-efi installer becomes unresponsive on x86 bios

2014-11-24 Thread Samuel Comeau
:31 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Fri, 2014-11-21 at 15:40 -0500, Samuel Comeau wrote: > > On November 21, 2014 03:30:13 PM Steve McIntyre wrote: > > > [ Re-adding the CC to the bug report ] > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:49:42PM -0500, Samuel Comeau wro

Bug#770231: Amd64-efi installer becomes unresponsive on x86 bios

2014-11-25 Thread Samuel Comeau
On November 25, 2014 11:10:06 AM Ian Campbell wrote: > On Mon, 2014-11-24 at 16:26 -0500, Samuel Comeau wrote: > > Hello Ian, > > > > > > Well, it appears I have made a mistake about the type of processor > > that's in here : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2

Bug#770231: Amd64-efi installer becomes unresponsive on x86 bios

2014-11-30 Thread Samuel Comeau
The bios is EFI capable, but I was booting in legacy mode. This old system was built by a very able tech, and it does run two P4s on the motherboard. It's an old server. In any case, since the EFI capabilities of the bios were not in use, I think you've found the problem. Also, "efi" was part of