[Bug 920035] Re: Precise alternate (and therefore LTSP) install fails

[Mark Ellse]

The system appears to be stalling after writing the network
configuration. So have tried it with a range of different network cards
(with different chips) to see if it is a chip specific issue. Behaviour
evident with all tested network cards.

** Description changed:

  On socket 775 and 1155 motherboards, Precise i386 intermittently fails
- to install from alternate CD. This happens when CD is overburned to over
- 700 MB and also from a correctly burned DVD version.
+ to install from alternate CD.
  
- Significantly, the CD tests OK on the built in tester ("Test CD for
- defects").
- 
- Machine is not locked up, but merely stalled and some information was
+ Machine is not locked up, but merely stalled and some information is
  available by pressing Ctrl Alt F4.
  
- Gigabyte G31-M, and Foxconn, both 775 motherboards, install stops
- immediately after inputting hostname. Ctrl Alt F4 information shows no
- errors. The last things to be on the screen are several successes with
- these at the end:
+ Gigabyte G31-M, and Foxconn, both 775 motherboards, install stops after
+ inputting hostname. Ctrl Alt F4 information shows no errors. The last
+ things to be on the screen are several successes with these at the end:
  
  DEBUG: Writing DHCP stanza for eth0
  DEBUG: Success!
  
- (Bug report rewritten after systematic testing with alpha 2 and Precise
- final.)
+ (Bug report rewritten after further testing with Precise final and
+ Quantal Daily 12/8/12)

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Title:
  Precise alternate (and therefore LTSP) install fails

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On socket 775 and 1155 motherboards, Precise i386 intermittently fails
  to install from alternate CD.

  Machine is not locked up, but merely stalled and some information is
  available by pressing Ctrl Alt F4.

  Gigabyte G31-M, and Foxconn, both 775 motherboards, install stops
  after inputting hostname. Ctrl Alt F4 information shows no errors. The
  last things to be on the screen are several successes with these at
  the end:

  DEBUG: Writing DHCP stanza for eth0
  DEBUG: Success!

  (Bug report rewritten after further testing with Precise final and
  Quantal Daily 12/8/12)

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