Package: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64 Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1 Severity: important
The amd64 Debian (Etch, possibly others too) installation CD doesn't boot on Intel DQ35JO motherboards, at least with Core-2-Duo CPUs. Google finds several reports of this roblem too. Same holds for the installed kernel, and for any vanilla kernel.org kernel. The problem is in the CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG kernel parameter. It doesn't seem to work on these systems. Either disabling it at compile time, or specifying "pci=nommconf" on the kernel command line fixes the problem. Therefore, one can either choose to switch this option completely off in the kernel, or at the very least, mention the problem and the "pci=nommconf" solution among "supported alternative ways of booting the CD". Thanks Guennadi --- Guennadi Liakhovetski -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.2 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64 depends on: ii cor 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities ii deb 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy ii e2f 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1 ext2 file system utilities and lib ii ini 0.85h tools for generating an initramfs ii mod 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64 recommends no packages. -- debconf information: shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-6-amd64: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-6-amd64: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-6-amd64: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64: false linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-6-amd64: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-6-amd64: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-6-amd64: false linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-6-amd64: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-6-amd64: true linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-6-amd64: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]