Package: installation-reports

Boot method: PC-DOS 6.22 -> GRUB4DOS/GRUB.EXE -> hd-media/(linux, initrd.gz)
Image version: No ISO used. hd-media/(linux, initrd.gz) from 5.03
Date: 2009-09-23 01:30
Machine: Gateway 2000 series, model BATC, P5-133, AMI BIOS 1.00.03.CN0T
Memory: 4*32M DRAM ECC
Partitions:
	10M FAT16 as not used
	30.9M ext3(noatime,sync,xattr) as /boot
	1G dm-crypt(defaults) as PV for LVM (under construction)

lspci n/a
	ISA video, SIIG CL-GD5429 VGA v1.00a 09/02/94
	3c905B NIC

IDE:	WDC 31000H	1st/M
	FX120T	CD	2nd/M

O initial boot
O detect network card
O configure network
O detect CD
	CD = FT120X on IDE2 master; BIOS bootable, but not supported by syslinux
	causes repeated complaints about hdc with weird block size 2358, using 2K
O load installer modules
O detect hard drive
E partition hard drives

Comments/problems:

Facts causing confusion
	This failure is reliably reproducible
	The CD-ROM drive is not used for any portion of the installation
	If the drive is empty installation completes normally, otherwise panic halt
	
System froze during partitioning
Last steps were
	configure encrypted volume
	write-to-disk <- Y
	partman restart
	use as physical volume for LVM
	configure Logical Volume Manager

System is completely non responsive, but scroll lock and caps lock flash at ~1Hz
On previous attempts console #1 contained blank screen and blank message/help line at bottom
On this attempt console #4 contains:
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[ 1318.77084]  [<c88a1205>] cdrom_timer_expiry+0x0/04b [ide_cd_mod]
[ 1318.77084]  [<c88a15b9>] cdrom_start_packet_command+0xa1/0xbd [ide_cd_mod]
[ 1318.77084]  [<c88a1205>] cdrom_timer_expiry+0x0/04b [ide_cd_mod]
[ 1318.77084]  [<c88a32ab>] cdrom_start_rw_cont+0x0/0x9b [ide_cd_mod]
[ 1318.77084]  [<c88a1afc>] ide_do_rw_cdrom+0x270/0x367 [ide_cd_mod]
[ 1318.77084]  [<c88z0bc4>] ide_do_request+0x5fb/0x811 [ide_core]
[ 1318.77084]  [<c0147050>] default_enable+0x10/0x19
[ 1318.77084]  [<c0147012>] check_irq_resend+0z12/0x40
[ 1318.77084]  [<c8881233>] ide_timer_expiry+0x255/0x269 [ide_core]
[ 1318.77084]  [<c8880fde>] ide_timer_expiry+0x0/0x269 [ide_core]
[ 1318.77084]  [<c0122025>] run_timer_softirq+0x1oe/0x169
[ 1318.77084]  [<c8880fde>] ide_timer_expiry+0x0/0x269 [ide_core]
[ 1318.77084]  [<c011f44d>] __do_softirq+0x3e/0x87
[ 1318.77084]  [<c011f4cd>] do_softirq+0x35/0x43
[ 1318.77084]  [<c011f7a1>] irq_exit+0x25/0x53
[ 1318.77084]  [<c0105dcc>] do_IRQ+0x50/0x60
[ 1318.77084]  [<c01025ed>] default_idle+0x0/0x4e
[ 1318.77084]  [<c0104763>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
[ 1318.77084]  [<c01025ed>] default_idle+0x0/0x4e
[ 1318.77084]  [<c0112b58>] native_safe_halt+0x2/0x3
[ 1318.77084]  [<c0102615>] default_idle+0x28/0x4e
[ 1318.77084]  [<c010256d>] cpu_idle+0x51/0x6a
[ 1318.77084]  ========================
[ 1318.77084]  Code: 04 89 db ff d2 8a 43 57 3c ff 74 03 88 43 58 c6 43 57 ff 5b
 5e c3 56 89 ce 53 8b 40 2c 89 d3 8b 4c 24 0c 8b 50 08 83 3a 00 74 04 <0f> 0b eb
 fe 89 1a 89 4a 4c a1 e0 35 34 c0 01 f0 89 42 20 8b 42
[ 1318.77084]  EIP: [<c88817a5>] __ide_set_handler+0x15/0x45 [ide_core] SS:ESP 0
068:c0363e60
[ 1318.77084]  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
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