Having fatal problems installing 8.10 on a parallel IDE drive
Charlie Kravetz
cjk at teamcharliesangels.com
Fri Jan 2 17:27:45 UTC 2009
On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:18:39 -0800
Jeff Silverman <jeffsilverm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Boot method: Ubuntu 8.10 installation CD
> Image version:
> http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/releases/intrepid/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
> md5sum /d/home/jeffs/downloads/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
> 24ea1163ea6c9f5dae77de8c49ee7c03 /d/home/jeffs/downloads/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
>
> Date: January 1 2009
>
> Machine: White box
> Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+
> Memory: 512 MB
> Partitions:
> Disk /dev/hda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x0007f1ca
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 14 14036 112639747+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda3 14817 14946 1044225 82 Linux swap /
> Solaris /dev/hda4 14037 14816 6265350 83 Linux
>
> Partition table entries are not in disk order
> jeffs at black:~$ df -Tl
> Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda4 ext3 6166980 5138452 715264 88% /
> varrun tmpfs 257920 256 257664 1% /var/run
> varlock tmpfs 257920 0 257920 0% /var/lock
> udev tmpfs 257920 100 257820 1% /dev
> devshm tmpfs 257920 0 257920 0% /dev/shm
> lrm tmpfs 257920 34696 223224
> 14% /lib/modules/2.6.22-16-generic/volatile /dev/hda2 ext3
> 110871104 97308252 10183664 91% /d /dev/hda1 ext3
> 101086 15958 79909 17% /mount/hda1 /dev/sdb1 fuseblk
> 732572000 108962928 623609072 15% /media/FreeAgent Drive
> jeffs at black:~$
>
>
> Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
> jeffs at black:~$ lspci -nn
> 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377
> [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge [1106:3189] 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]:
> VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge [1106:b168] 00:10.0 USB
> Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
> Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) 00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA
> Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev
> 80) 00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx
> UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) 00:10.3 USB Controller
> [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 82) 00:11.0
> ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
> [1106:3177] 00:11.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571]
> (rev 06) 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA
> Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller
> [1106:3059] (rev 50) 00:13.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek
> Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
> 00:14.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394
> Host Controller [1106:3044] (rev 46) 01:00.0 VGA compatible
> controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]
> [10de:0181] (rev a2) jeffs at black:~$ jeffs at black:~$ lspci -vnn 00:00.0
> Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP]
> Host Bridge [1106:3189] Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX
> Mainboard [1458:5000] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel,
> latency 8 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
> Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
> [1106:b168] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz,
> medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01,
> subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: dc000000-ddffffff
> Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dbffffff
> Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI
> USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard [1458:5004] Flags:
> bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 I/O ports at d000
> [size=32] Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI
> USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard [1458:5004] Flags:
> bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 I/O ports at d400
> [size=32] Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI
> USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard [1458:5004] Flags:
> bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 I/O ports at d800
> [size=32] Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
> [1106:3104] (rev 82) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Giga-byte
> Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard [1458:5004] Flags: bus master, medium
> devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 Memory at de000000 (32-bit,
> non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
> [1106:3177] Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard
> [1458:5001] Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
> Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 00:11.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571]
> (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Giga-byte
> Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard [1458:5002] Flags: bus master, medium
> devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit,
> non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3,
> non-prefetchable) [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit,
> non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3,
> non-prefetchable) [size=1] I/O ports at dc00 [size=16] Capabilities:
> <access denied>
>
> 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 50)
> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Onboard Audio (Realtek
> ALC650) [1458:a002] Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 20 I/O ports at e000
> [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 00:13.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10) Subsystem: Realtek
> Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 [10ec:8139] Flags: bus master, medium
> devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 I/O ports at e400 [size=256]
> Memory at de001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 00:14.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394
> Host Controller [1106:3044] (rev 46) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem:
> Giga-byte Technology GA-7VT600-1394 Motherboard [1458:1000] Flags:
> bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 Memory at de002000
> (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] I/O ports at e800 [size=128]
> Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV18
> [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] [10de:0181] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
> Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at
> dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d8000000
> (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at dd000000
> [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> jeffs at black:~$
>
>
>
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot: [E]
> Detect network card: [ ]
> Configure network: [ ]
> Detect CD: [ ]
> Load installer modules: [ ]
> Detect hard drives: [ ]
> Partition hard drives: [ ]
> Install base system: [ ]
> Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
> User/password setup: [ ]
> Install tasks: [ ]
> Install boot loader: [ ]
> Overall install: [ ]
>
> Comments/Problems:
> I am having troubles installing 8.10. I carefully checked the MD5
> checksum and did a read after write when I burned my CD. I had the
> same troubles 8.04. The system would take about 20 minutes and kick
> me into initramfs and busybox. I can still run 7.10 just fine. I also
> tried using all_generic_ide and rootdelay=130 in the boot string, no
> joy. I tried irqpoll and all_generic_ide and changing the connector
> from the black one at the end of the cable to the gray one in the
> middle (I have an 80 conductor cable). Changing the cable changes the
> IDE drive from primary master to primary slave, but otherwise has no
> effect. If I get rid of the quiet directive in the boot command
> string, then I get the following message over and over:
>
>
> kjournald starting commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3-FS: mounted file systemn with ordered data mode
>
>
>
> I read somewhere that this was a bug in a 8.04 and I was hoping
> that it would be fixed in 8.10.
>
>
> What other information would be helpful for debugging this problem?
> Is there a way to log more debuging information to e.g. a floppy disk
> or a USB thumb drive?
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> Jeff Silverman
>
> jeffsilverm at gmail dot c0m
>
>
>
> and ideas you had during the initial install.>
>
Can you file this on launchpad? I know the system sent it to the users
mailing list, but it never gets worked if it stays here.
The right place to file bug reports is:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu
That will give the developers a chance to see if they can fix it.
Thanks.
--
Charlie Kravetz
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