Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-10.6.0-i386-netinst.iso
Date: Sun 06 Dec 2020 10:39:27 AM MST
Machine: Compaq Pavilion ze4220
Processor: Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.70G
Memory: 8KiB L2 cache, 1GiB System Memory
Partitions:
$ df -Tl
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 465008 0 465008 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 96140 4496 91644 5% /run
/dev/sda1 ext4 119193408 3760732 109334964 4% /
tmpfs tmpfs 480692 0 480692 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 480692 0 480692 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs tmpfs 96136 16 96120 1% /run/user/1000
$ sudo parted
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
Model: ATA CHN-mSATAM3-128 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 128GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 125GB 125GB primary ext4 boot
2 125GB 128GB 3488MB extended
5 125GB 128GB 3488MB logical linux-swap(v1)
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
$ sudo lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
RS200 Host Bridge [1002:cab2] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-ati
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
RS200/RS250 AGP Bridge [1002:7010]
00:02.0 USB controller [0c03]: ULi Electronics Inc. USB 1.1 Controller
[10b9:5237] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company USB 1.1 Controller [103c:002a]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
Kernel modules: ohci_pci
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ULi Electronics Inc. M5451
PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device [10b9:5451] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio
Device [103c:002a]
Kernel driver in use: snd_ali5451
Kernel modules: snd_ali5451
00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: ULi Electronics Inc. M1533/M1535/M1543 PCI
to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] [10b9:1533]
Subsystem: ULi Electronics Inc. ALi M1533 Aladdin IV/V ISA Bridge
[10b9:1533]
Kernel modules: alim1535_wdt, alim7101_wdt
00:08.0 Modem [0703]: ULi Electronics Inc. M5457 AC'97 Modem
Controller [10b9:5457]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller
[103c:002a]
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0
CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller [1217:6972]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company OZ601/6912/711E0
CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller [103c:002a]
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket
00:10.0 IDE interface [0101]: ULi Electronics Inc. M5229 IDE
[10b9:5229] (rev c4)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company M5229 IDE [103c:002a]
Kernel driver in use: pata_ali
Kernel modules: pata_ali, ata_generic
00:11.0 Bridge [0680]: ULi Electronics Inc. M7101 Power Management
Controller [PMU] [10b9:7101]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company M7101 Power Management Controller
[PMU] [103c:002a]
Kernel driver in use: ali1535_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_ali1535, i2c_ali15x3, alim7101_wdt
00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: National Semiconductor Corporation
DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller [100b:0020]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet
Controller [103c:002a]
Kernel driver in use: natsemi
Kernel modules: natsemi
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
[AMD/ATI] RS200M [Radeon IGP 330M/340M/345M/350M] [1002:4337]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RS200M [Radeon IGP
330M/340M/345M/350M] [103c:002a]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeonfb, radeon
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4318 [AirForce
One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Linksys WPC54G v3 802.11g Wireless-G Notebook Adapter
[1737:0048]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems: Format stuck at 33%; console log shows IDE lost
interrupt errors; system freezes
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
In the past I have successfully installed Ubuntu 16.04 with a 120GB
hard drive on this same system. I suspect this may be an interaction
between the hardware and the new SSD-IDE drive I used for Debian
Buster. This is an issue only with Debian installation and not with
booting after a successful install (using a different system for the
install).
For the Debian Buster install I initially used a 240GB mSata SSD with
a mSata to IDE adaptor. During formatting, the console showed drive
errors (lost interrupt, etc.) and attempted to fall back from higher
performance modes (UDMA100 to UDMA66, etc. down to PIO mode 4) but
then segfaulted before the system froze. The main window showed the
formatting step was stuck at 33%. Once the system froze I could not
switch between virtual consoles.
I then installed NetBSD 9.1, which was successful. NetBSD also showed
drive errors at the start of formatting but indicated that it switched
to PIO mode 4. I then found on the web that there are known issues
with version 0xc4 of the Acer M5229 bus mastering IDE controller and
LBA48 mode, and that PIO Mode 4 could be used, albeit with lower
performance.
I switched to a smaller 128GB SSD-IDE drive and experienced almost the
same issues as with the 240GB drive, except Debian Buster did not
segfault during formatting, but the system froze before it was able to
downgrade the IDE controller to PIO Mode 4.
My workaround was to install Debian onto the 128GB SSD-IDE using a
more modern 32-bit system (a Dell 9400), which installed without any
issues. I then put the drive back into the Compaq Pavilion ze4220 and
Debian booted perfectly, demonstrating that the SSD-IDE drive was
functional. The system information provided in this email is from the
successful installation using this workaround.
In the bug report, describe what the problem is, including the last
visible kernel messages in the event of a kernel hang. Describe the
steps that you did which brought the system into the problem state.
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The main console log messages during formatting of the drive were the
lost interrupt messages (among other drive related messages) with
attempt to downgrade from UDMA100 to UDMA66, etc. with each downgrade
resulting in a lost interrupt message.
Since the installed system is booting fine this appears only to be an
installation issue.
