Bug#204409: INSTALL REPORT - fail on opteron/tyan K8S
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
with timestamp Aug 6 00:15
uname -a: n/a
Date: Thu Aug 7 02:00:00 CEST 2003 (approx.)
Method: Booted cd to attempt netinst
Machine: Dual Opteron on Tyan Thunder K8S
Processor: 2x 1800MHz Opteron 244
Memory: 6 gig
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: n/a
Output of lspci: n/a
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
In configuring keyboard I got a segmentation fault from kbd-chooser:
"postinstexited with status 35584".
After that I went on to try and get the network up. This was where
everything failed and I aborted my installation attempt (as this was a
netinst cd). Errors:
"Something must have gone wrong" at "Detecting HW and loading kernel
modules", running "modprobe -v tg3".
I couldn't load the module manually either ("No such device") and dmesg
gives the following output when I try to load the module:
tg3.c:v1.2 (Nov 14, 2002)
tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting
tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting
The device claims to be a "BCM5704" in its setup bios thingie and is an
onboard dual gigabit broadcom adapter. Hardware info on the motherboard
can be found on: http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8s.html
/Mattias Wadenstein
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