Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 2004-08-23 sarge-ia64-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux whitebox1 2.4.26-1-itanium-smp #1 SMP Tue Jun 8 20:39:36 MDT 2004 ia64 unknown Date: Mon Aug 23 17:40:06 EDT 2004 Method: burned the iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/ia64/rc1/sarge-ia64-netinst.iso
Machine: Itanium 2 Processor: Itanium 2 Memory: 8 Gb Root Device: IDE CDROM Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Choose the language: [E] Configure network HW: [ ] 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: [ ] Comments/Problems: My Itanium has no ps2. The only way to plug a keyboard is to use USB. The USB keyboard doesn't work with the netinst cdrom. So I tested the network pxe installation but the keyboard still not work. So I tried to modify the initrd in order to load the usb-uhci kernel module: I mount -o loop the initrd file, and add these ugly lines on /sbin/debian-installer-startup: depmod -a modprobe usb-uhci With these 2 lines, the keyboard works. dmesg, cpuinfo, etc. can be found at: http://linux.ensimag.fr/~acrequy/bazard/Debian-IA64-usbkeybord-bugreport/ I suggest: - either detecting correctly the USB keyboard - either adding a kernel parameter like "loadmodule=usb-uhci" and parse /proc/cmdline in some init scripts. Feel free to ask another details. -- Alban Crequy Stagiaire R�volution Linux http://www.revolutionlinux.com
