Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: August 20 daily build, 2.6 kernel netboot image, from:
http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/2.6/ uname -a: Linux hyperprism 2.6.8.1 #4 Thu Aug 19 19:49:26 PDT 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux Date: Sat Aug 21 13:02:50 PDT 2004 Method: booted netboot image using grub from local tftp server, with following grub commands (this was successful and the installer started fine): ifconfig --address=my_address --server=tftp_server root (nd) kernel /tftp_dir/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=16384 initrd /tftp_dir/initrd.gz boot Would have done net install via ftp or http had the install reached that point Machine: self-built machine Processor: Pentium III 933 MHz Memory: 512 mb Root Device: IDE Western Digital 800JB on mainboard primary master Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 155061 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 204 102784+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 205 2236 1024128 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 2237 22351 10137960 5 Extended /dev/hda4 22352 155061 66885840 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda5 2237 2541 153688+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 2542 2643 51376+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 2644 4675 1024096+ 83 Linux /dev/hda8 4676 6098 717160+ 83 Linux /dev/hda9 6099 22351 8191480+ 83 Linux Output of lspci and lspci -n: lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 30) 00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Yamaha Corporation YMF-744B [DS-1S Audio Controller] (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 04) lspci -n: 00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03) 00:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03) 00:07.0 Class 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02) 00:07.1 Class 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01) 00:07.2 Class 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01) 00:07.3 Class 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02) 00:09.0 Class 0200: 1011:0019 (rev 30) 00:0b.0 Class 0401: 1073:0010 (rev 02) 01:00.0 Class 0300: 102b:0525 (rev 04) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [E] Config network: [E] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: After adding ramdisk_size=16384 to the command line, installer loaded correctly. Ethernet card was recognized, but not functional. Although it was possible to configure the interface, it could not communicate with the outside network and the link light on the hub did not come on. It is a DEC DE-500 card using the DC21143 chipset, and the installer chose the tulip driver. The tulip driver has been broken with these cards for some time; it is apparently a known kernel problem, but not much work has been done to fix it because these cards are also supported with the de4x5 driver, which works fine for me. Booting again with debconf/priority=low, and loading de4x5 (and not loading tulip) manually, network was functional and install proceeded normally. de4x5 should probably be the default choice for 2114x cards (as opposed to clones) until tulip is known to be fixed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
