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

[Dave Gilbert]

If you did    dmesg > dmesg.myoutput
that'll save it in a file that you can somehow copy off; similarly the other log files will be in /var/log

Probably the easiest thing to do is to plug a USB thumb drive in when it hangs,
if you're lucky the drive will automount itself in something like /media/something (do ls /media before and after plugging the thumb
drive in); if not you might have to do it manually by

mkdir /tmp/adir
mount /dev/sd?? /tmp/adir
(where /dev/sd?? is /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1 depending which is next free).

and then you can use

cp dmesg.myoutput /tmp/adir   (or /media/whatever if it put it there)
and when you're done do

umount /tmp/adir

before pulling the thumb drive out.

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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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