Bug#498863: More info on firewire issues
It looks like my problems with the Dec 5 6 installer builds is due to the CD burner. The Dec 6 build (debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso 0faa173fe594afdb374944cfc6610743) doesn't exhibit the freezing behavior if I burn the CD from another machine so I need to do some investigation of that here. Even with the new installer build I see the the original problems - the IO errors and cdrom-detect slowness/failures (and the Etch installer is still fine). Maybe it is just some odd combination of hardware issues with this machine. I _did_ get Lenny installed (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498863#15) so it's not a total failure. I've now got 5 of my 6 machines on Debian and it's about time to start on the last one - an eeePC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#498863: More info on firewire issues
On Sunday 07 December 2008, Harry Mofo wrote: It looks like my problems with the Dec 5 6 installer builds is due to the CD burner. The Dec 6 build (debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso 0faa173fe594afdb374944cfc6610743) doesn't exhibit the freezing behavior if I burn the CD from another machine so I need to do some investigation of that here. Thanks for that info. That did seem most likely. Good luck tracing the problem. Even with the new installer build I see the the original problems - the IO errors and cdrom-detect slowness/failures (and the Etch installer is still fine). Maybe it is just some odd combination of hardware issues with this machine. I'll leave that to others to follow up on. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#498863: More info on firewire issues
On Friday 05 December 2008, Frans Pop wrote: What is the MD5SUM of that image (of the .iso file)? It is 98a3624d0b2a23a3832b603a1a89ff3e (debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso - Dec 5 daily build) I thought about this last night. I'd never had a problem with an ISO download and have gotten lazy about checking the hashes. I tried the CD on another machine this morning and it freezes too so maybe it is a bad ISO. I will get the Dec 6 image and check the hash this time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#498863: More info on firewire issues
On Saturday 06 December 2008, Harry Mofo wrote: On Friday 05 December 2008, Frans Pop wrote: What is the MD5SUM of that image (of the .iso file)? It is 98a3624d0b2a23a3832b603a1a89ff3e (debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso - Dec 5 daily build) I thought about this last night. I'd never had a problem with an ISO download and have gotten lazy about checking the hashes. I tried the CD on another machine this morning and it freezes too so maybe it is a bad ISO. That md5sum is correct: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/20081205-1/i386/iso-cd/MD5SUMS My main concern was to check if this was the morning build or the evening build. Your image is from the morning build, which means that it did not yet include some fairly big changes in the CD building process and also did not yet include a new version of rootskel which changed console detection for the installer, both of which were committed/uploaded yesterday. Checking with a new image is a good idea though, especially since we have had these changes. They should not make a difference for you, but who knows. I suspect it may just be a bad burn. Please let us know if a current daily works, and please mention its md5sum again. Just to make sure: it is the isolinux bootloader that fails right? I.e. the freeze is at the menu which allows you to select between e.g. the text and graphical versions of the installer. Or if the freeze at the first dialog of the installer itself, where you select a language? Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#498863: More info on firewire issues
On Sunday 30 November 2008, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: I have been able to perform an installation with an image built today using an external FireWire CD-ROM drive without any problems. Interesting. I tried the Dec 5 daily build today and the machine freezes as soon as the installer boot menu appears (or at least the keyboard becomes inoperable - ctrl-alt-del doesn't even work). The drive still works okay with an Etch installer so, on this machine at least, things seem to be going backwards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#498863: More info on firewire issues
On Friday 05 December 2008, Harry Mofo wrote: Interesting. I tried the Dec 5 daily build today and the machine freezes as soon as the installer boot menu appears (or at least the keyboard becomes inoperable - ctrl-alt-del doesn't even work). The drive still works okay with an Etch installer so, on this machine at least, things seem to be going backwards. What is the MD5SUM of that image (of the .iso file)? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#498863: More info on firewire issues
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 07:00:14PM -0500, Harry Mofo wrote: Regarding the firewire-connected CDROM: perhaps this is just a general firewire problem. […] I have been able to perform an installation with an image built today using an external FireWire CD-ROM drive without any problems. Either the issue has been fixed in the meantime, or there is a kernel regression between Etch and Lenny. In both cases, the issue does not seem to lie in the debian-installer itself. Cheers, -- Jérémy Bobbio.''`. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: :Ⓐ : # apt-get install anarchism `. `'` `- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
