Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Debian 3.1 sarge netinst 2005-06-07 uname -a: Linux (none) 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:01:58 EST 2005 i686 unknown Date: 2005-08-09 12:00 PST Method: netinst from CD
Machine: Desktop PC Processor: Athlon XP 2400+ Memory: 768 MB Root Device: SATA 200 GB Seagate ST3200826AS Root Size/partition table: Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 5718.449 primary ntfs 2 5718.450 6675.446 primary ext3 (unused) 3 6675.447 18120.190 primary ext3 (/) 4 18120.190 190779.719 extended 5 18120.221 56266.721 logical ext3 (/home) 6 56266.752 189783.500 logical lvm (/var) 7 189783.532 190779.719 logical linux-swap Output of lspci and lspci -n: # lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce CPU bridge (rev b2) 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 220/420 Memory Controller (rev b2) 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 220/420 Memory Controller (rev b2) 0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01aa (rev b2) 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce ISA Bridge (rev c3) 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce PCI System Management (rev c1) 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce USB Controller (rev c3) 0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce USB Controller (rev c3) 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Ethernet Controller (rev c2) 0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01b0 (rev c2) 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio (rev c2) 0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce PCI-to-PCI bridge (rev c2) 0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce IDE (rev c3) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce AGP to PCI Bridge (rev b2) 0000:01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation SMC2-1211TX (rev 10) 0000:01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) 0000:01:08.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) 0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP (rev 01) # lspci -n 0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:01a4 (rev b2) 0000:00:00.1 0500: 10de:01ac (rev b2) 0000:00:00.2 0500: 10de:01ad (rev b2) 0000:00:00.3 0500: 10de:01aa (rev b2) 0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:01b2 (rev c3) 0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:01b4 (rev c1) 0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:01c2 (rev c3) 0000:00:03.0 0c03: 10de:01c2 (rev c3) 0000:00:04.0 0200: 10de:01c3 (rev c2) 0000:00:05.0 0401: 10de:01b0 (rev c2) 0000:00:06.0 0401: 10de:01b1 (rev c2) 0000:00:08.0 0604: 10de:01b8 (rev c2) 0000:00:09.0 0101: 10de:01bc (rev c3) 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 10de:01b7 (rev b2) 0000:01:06.0 0200: 1113:1211 (rev 10) 0000:01:07.0 0400: 4444:0016 (rev 01) 0000:01:08.0 0180: 1095:3112 (rev 02) 0000:02:00.0 0300: 102b:2527 (rev 01) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [E] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: I'm trying to install Debian Sarge onto a SATA drive using a PCI SATA card, the Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink. This seems to have caused me a number of issues, which I'll list below: 1. Immediately after loading any 2.6.x kernel with the bootloader before the kernel prints any messages there is a ten minute delay, after which the kernel boots fine. 2. When loading the ide-detect module (2.4.27) or the ide-generic module (2.6.8) there is a one minute delay without any progress. 3. Loading the sd_mod module fails (hangs) if ide-detect (2.4.27) or ide-generic (2.6.8) has already been loaded. I solved this by running the installation in expert mode and loading sd_mod first, then loading ide-detect or ide-generic. 4. When using the 2.4.27 kernel, the installation hangs at "Starting up the partitioner 38% Scanning disks..." I was never able to proceed past this point with the 2.4.27 kernel. The 2.6.8 kernel worked though. 5. Rebooting with the 2.6.8 kernel failed. The reboot hung after displaying... SCSI device: sda drive cache: write back /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: <3>ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0x50 host_stat 0x4 p1 p2 p3 p4 < Nothing further was displayed after the left angle bracket. After ten minutes the screen blanked and I rebooted using crtl-alt-del. I solved this problem by using the base-config installer module to configure apt and install kernel-image-2.6.11-1-k7 2.6.11-7 from testing and rebooting into that. My installation, though frought with peril, now works! Thank you. Cheers, Shaun
