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

[Mark Ellse]

This bug is still there on Precise final and 1155 motherboards.

** Description changed:

- On socket 775 motherboards, Precise alpha 1 and 2 i386 fail to install
+ On socket 775 and 1155 motherboards, Precise alpha i386 fails to install
  from alternate CD. This happens when CD is overburned to over 700 MB
  and, in one case, also from a correctly burned DVD version.
  
  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
  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:
  
  DEBUG: Writing DHCP stanza for eth0
  DEBUG: Success!
  
  (Bug report rewritten after systematic testing with alpha 2.)

** Description changed:

  On socket 775 and 1155 motherboards, Precise alpha i386 fails to install
  from alternate CD. This happens when CD is overburned to over 700 MB
  and, in one case, also from a correctly burned DVD version.
  
  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
  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:
  
  DEBUG: Writing DHCP stanza for eth0
  DEBUG: Success!
  
- (Bug report rewritten after systematic testing with alpha 2.)
+ (Bug report rewritten after systematic testing with alpha 2 ad Precise
+ final.)

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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 alpha i386 fails to
  install from alternate CD. This happens when CD is overburned to over
  700 MB and, in one case, also from a correctly burned DVD version.

  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
  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:

  DEBUG: Writing DHCP stanza for eth0
  DEBUG: Success!

  (Bug report rewritten after systematic testing with alpha 2 ad Precise
  final.)

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