Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: rc1 uname -a: sorry, i gave the machine away, but its a normal i386 install Date: 15.8.04 Method: Network install with base-image sarge-i386-netinst.iso of 14.08.04 additional apt-source http://ftp.de. debian.de Machine: P4 Titan series 2.8 Ghz Board GA-8IPE10000 Intel 865PE Chipset 100GB HD, IDE, Cd-Rewriter , DVDplayer Processor: P4 2,8GHZ Memory: 500 MB Root Device: IDE hda10 Root Size/partition table: hda1 swap 250MB hda2 /boot ext2 128 MB hda3 /home 20 GB ..... irrelvant for installation hda10 / 10GB Output of lspci: sorry not available at the moment
Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [ O] Configure network HW: [ O] Config network: [ O] Detect CD: [ O] Load installer modules: [ o] Detect hard drives: [ o] Partition hard drives: [ o] Create file systems: [ o] Mount partitions: [ o] Install base system: [ o] Install boot loader: [ O] Reboot: [ E] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Obviously it was that Hotplug-Bug you already know. It f...ed up the machine after an apt-get upgrade some weeks ago and an occasional reboot led to that reboot-loops. After checking for Hardwareproblems, Viruses and Rootkits, staring in emergency mode and so on I finally didn't know what to do and reinstalled the whole system and - whoops again that reboot-loops. It took me a while to find the hint on the hotplug bug. Then I booted in emergency mode, which btw gave me just a few more seconds to fix the trouble, before next reboot! It was easy then: just renaming /etc/init.d/hotplug to kotplug solved the whole problem. I do not use the hotplug-features at the moment anyway. A HINT on the problem during the installation would have helped me to save a lot of time and effort. There is the hint during the installation of the new kernel and its modules which is about modconf and the need to reboot soon - well, but thats obviusly not the problem. I'm shure there is a way to boot the machine without certain Hardware services (like the hotplug stuff) - well then some tips at boottime would make much sense in case of such hardware-services bugs, at least to beginners like me. As the Hotplug bug is known and can not so easily be fixed soon, it would also be helfpfull to display an option to disable hotplug anyway when the relevant Chipsets are detected or to let the user decide at least, if she goes the risk. Thank you anyway for the great new installer and all the effort you take to build Debian! I love it. Regards g.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
