Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 02:21:34PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 06/03/14 14:05, Gilles Pelletier wrote: user@debian:~$ lspci |grep net 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06) The Realtek RTL8111/8168 is one of those network controllers for which there is a firmware package. I'm not sure if the device will work without it, but if you're experiencing issues (which you are), you might try providing the installer with the firmware. Instructions for doing so can be found here https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmware_during_the_installation. [cut] I took a picture of Alt+F4 with my phone: there is the day and date, then kernel, then : [331.933308] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0,sector 0 [344.093778] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 [344.093808] FAT-fs (fd0): utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive? [356.254249] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 [356.254266] FAT-fs (fd0): unable to read boot sector [368.571020] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 [368.571105] isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=fd0, iso_blknum=16, block=32 Do you have a floppy drive plugged in? If not, consider disabling it in the BIOS. The errors above aren't necessarily a problem, but may slow things down while the installer looks for a floppy disc. If you disable the floppy drive in the BIOS, then the installer will know to not even try. If you DO have a floppy drive plugged in, then these errors are simply the result of there not being a disk in the drive (they'd also appear with a bad disc, but I don't think you can really tell the difference with a floppy). Not necessarily a solution, but a couple of things for you to try. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
On 06/03/14 21:47, Darac Marjal wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 02:21:34PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 06/03/14 14:05, Gilles Pelletier wrote: user@debian:~$ lspci |grep net 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06) The Realtek RTL8111/8168 is one of those network controllers for which there is a firmware package. I'm not sure if the device will work without it, but if you're experiencing issues (which you are), you might try providing the installer with the firmware. Instructions for doing so can be found here https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmware_during_the_installation. I've never used the Live DVD installer, but my guess is that the version Gilles is using includes it, as he's able to access the internet (wired, dhcp). Strange that the included debian-installer wouldn't include it - perhaps that's not the problem, especially given the posted log. [cut] I took a picture of Alt+F4 with my phone: there is the day and date, snipped - if there's a next time, save yourself the typing and just post the pic online somewhere with a link in your email. Your efforts were appreciated. Do you have a floppy drive plugged in? If not, consider disabling it in the BIOS. The errors above aren't necessarily a problem, but may slow things down while the installer looks for a floppy disc. If you disable the floppy drive in the BIOS, then the installer will know to not even try. Agreed. FWIW I suspect your problem is the floppy controller, not the network card, but that's a possible secondary issue. NOTE: there are known bugs with the installer and floppy drives due to the number of undocumented, and um, unusual floppy controllers. (For search engines) workarounds are documented here:- https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt In this instance the simplest solution is to temporarily disable the floppy controller in the BIOS. If you DO have a floppy drive plugged in, then these errors are simply the result of there not being a disk in the drive (they'd also appear with a bad disc, but I don't think you can really tell the difference with a floppy). Not necessarily a solution, but a couple of things for you to try. Kind regards P.S. thank Darac -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53186381.4040...@gmail.com
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 10:47:30 +, Darac Marjal wrote: The Realtek RTL8111/8168 is one of those network controllers for which there is a firmware package. I'm not sure if the device will work without it, but if you're experiencing issues (which you are), you might try providing the installer with the firmware. Instructions for doing so can be found here https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmware_during_the_installation. Some controllers work without firmware (possibly with reduced functionality) so the OP could answer 'No' to the question about loading missing firmware. He can connect to the internet using the Live CD so this is an indication he should be successful when configuring the network in the next step. Do you have a floppy drive plugged in? If not, consider disabling it in the BIOS. The errors above aren't necessarily a problem, but may slow things down while the installer looks for a floppy disc. If you disable the floppy drive in the BIOS, then the installer will know to not even try. The messages are a result of d-i searching for firmware on an empty floppy drive. They are harmless and can be ignored. The OP should either provide firmware to d-i or answer 'No'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140306123617.gh8...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
Hi On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 12:36:18 + Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 10:47:30 +, Darac Marjal wrote: The Realtek RTL8111/8168 is one of those network controllers for which there is a firmware package. I'm not sure if the device will work without it, but if you're experiencing issues (which you are), you might try providing the installer with the firmware. Instructions for doing so can be found here https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmware_during_the_installation. Some controllers work without firmware (possibly with reduced functionality) so the OP could answer 'No' to the question about loading missing firmware. He can connect to the internet using the Live CD so this is an indication he should be successful when configuring the network in the next step. Unsure about RTL8111/8168, but RTL8111/8168B works just fine without any firmware with Wheezy's stock kernel. I didn't try enabling Jumbo Frames, though. Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140306190850.b8bf80d6091d95fa20694...@gmail.com
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
[cut] I took a picture of Alt+F4 with my phone: there is the day and date, snipped - if there's a next time, save yourself the typing and just post the pic online somewhere with a link in your email. Your efforts were appreciated. I disabled drive A: floppy in the bios and tried again. The installation jammed in the same place and I took a picture of ALT-F4. Do you have a suggestion of where I should post this picture so that you can see it? (preferably sans spam) 2014-03-06 10:08 GMT-05:00 Reco recovery...@gmail.com: Hi On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 12:36:18 + Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 10:47:30 +, Darac Marjal wrote: The Realtek RTL8111/8168 is one of those network controllers for which there is a firmware package. I'm not sure if the device will work without it, but if you're experiencing issues (which you are), you might try providing the installer with the firmware. Instructions for doing so can be found here https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmware_during_the_installation. Some controllers work without firmware (possibly with reduced functionality) so the OP could answer 'No' to the question about loading missing firmware. He can connect to the internet using the Live CD so this is an indication he should be successful when configuring the network in the next step. Unsure about RTL8111/8168, but RTL8111/8168B works just fine without any firmware with Wheezy's stock kernel. I didn't try enabling Jumbo Frames, though. Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140306190850.b8bf80d6091d95fa20694...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAKOy5aFMsMoTd=cqr0yjahjd675dz3zff3+ncrrcfnygbkn...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 12:06:19 -0500 Gilles Pelletier pellg...@gmail.com wrote: [cut] I took a picture of Alt+F4 with my phone: there is the day and date, snipped - if there's a next time, save yourself the typing and just post the pic online somewhere with a link in your email. Your efforts were appreciated. I disabled drive A: floppy in the bios and tried again. The installation jammed in the same place and I took a picture of ALT-F4. Do you have a suggestion of where I should post this picture so that you can see it? (preferably sans spam) http://imgur.com/ Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140306212757.8d5f391628e333b23347b...@gmail.com
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
Gilles Pelletier pellg...@gmail.com writes: Do you have a suggestion of where I should post this picture so that you can see it? (preferably sans spam) http://imagebin.org/ is useful for this kind of thing. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87lhwndynp@ixod.org
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
Here is the picture. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem very clear. http://imgur.com/cgdbULj It mentions missing firmware files. 2014-03-06 12:28 GMT-05:00 Mark Carroll m...@ixod.org: Gilles Pelletier pellg...@gmail.com writes: Do you have a suggestion of where I should post this picture so that you can see it? (preferably sans spam) http://imagebin.org/ is useful for this kind of thing. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87lhwndynp@ixod.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAKOy5aFBmoRpf-vrsVzbRB-UKeUzxhm=7_sxwfft6picien...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 12:57:11 -0500, Gilles Pelletier wrote: Here is the picture. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem very clear. It isn't, so I couldn't be bothered with struggling with it; just as you appear not to be bothered by not following the advice given by, amongst others, Darac Marjal. You could also read the installation manual and look at the advice on providing firmware. The floppy isn't the problem. Reading what is on the screen and elsewhere is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140306180840.gi8...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
On 06/03/14 10:47, Darac Marjal wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 02:21:34PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 06/03/14 14:05, Gilles Pelletier wrote: user@debian:~$ lspci |grep net 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06) The Realtek RTL8111/8168 is one of those network controllers for which there is a firmware package. I'm not sure if the device will work without it, but if you're experiencing issues (which you are), you might try providing the installer with the firmware. Instructions for doing so can be found here https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmware_during_the_installation. Well, have you tried this yet: quote from the above link Firmware during the installation (...) Before starting the installation process on hardware unfamiliar to you, a suggestion is to download the firmware tarball for your installation and unpack it into a directory named firmware in the root of a removable storage device. When the installer starts, it will automatically find the firmware files in the directory on the removable storage and, if needed, install the firmware for your hardware. The link to the firmware download for your Debian version is http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/. ? -- Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5318bb0b.1050...@gmail.com
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
Gilles Pelletier pellg...@gmail.com writes: Here is the picture. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem very clear. http://imgur.com/cgdbULj It mentions missing firmware files. It does: one can get them from the non-free firmware-realtek package. The documentation on how to do all this is quite good. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87eh2ffalu@ixod.org
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
On 06/03/14 11:22, Gilles Pelletier wrote: I have been wanting to install Debian for a long time but have never succeded. Now I really want to succeed. Live dvd works well and connects to internet. Install stalls when detecting hardware. Graphical install stalls at screen titled Detect network hardware. What can I do? Tell us more about your network hardware, and post the error messages from the log console (press Alt+F4 to see it at that point in the installation). What motherboard are you installing to, what is your network (manual IP, dhcp, how does it connect to the internet wireless/wired/tethered/modem, etc). You should be able to open a console in the Live DVD and get more information about why it's successful when the installer is not. $ lspci | grep net $ ip a $ ip route The more information we have, the better we can advise a solution. Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5317c4aa.6080...@gmail.com
Re: Installing Debian debian-live-7.4-amd64
On 06/03/14 14:05, Gilles Pelletier wrote: user@debian:~$ lspci |grep net 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06) user@debian:~$ ip a 1: lo: LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 http://127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000 link/ether 1c:6f:65:31:d2:26 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 24.122.114.140/24 http://24.122.114.140/24 brd 24.122.114.255 scope global eth0 inet6 fe80::1e6f:65ff:fe31:d226/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever user@debian:~$ ip route default via 24.122.114.1 dev eth0 proto static 24.122.114.0/24 http://24.122.114.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 24.122.114.140 169.254.0.0/16 http://169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 I'll ponder that later today when I'm free again, in the meantime it'll be useful for others with suggestions. I took a picture of Alt+F4 with my phone: there is the day and date, then kernel, then : [331.933308] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0,sector 0 [344.093778] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 [344.093808] FAT-fs (fd0): utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive? [356.254249] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 [356.254266] FAT-fs (fd0): unable to read boot sector [368.571020] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 [368.571105] isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=fd0, iso_blknum=16, block=32 Thanks, I appreciate the effort required. Then it seems to repeat. BTW, I have a double boot with windows. It's a weird setup in the sense that windows thinks it's on the first disk but it's on the second. That may be what the FAT stuff is about. Those messages are about failures trying to read your floppy drive (fd0). The box the motherboard came in says : Gigabite GA-X58A-UD3R intel X58/1CH10R/rev.2.0 Socket1366/PCI-E2.0x 16/ATX 6 DDR 3/8-CH HD Audio/1394 GbE LAN/2 SATA 6Gb/s/2 USB3.0 Excellent! The modem is a Touchstone Telephony Modem by ARRIS TM822G/NA12 connected directly. If the Live DVD can use the connection it offers, the Debian installer should be able to also. 2014-03-05 21:06 GMT-05:00 Gilles Pelletier pellg...@gmail.com mailto:pellg...@gmail.com: Internet is cable and wired. I don't know what tethered is. I think dhcp, since it connects automatically. What command would I use to find out about my motherboard? 2014-03-05 19:43 GMT-05:00 Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com mailto:scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com: On 06/03/14 11:22, Gilles Pelletier wrote: I have been wanting to install Debian for a long time but have never snipped P.S. I understand you probably didn't have the time to read up on the protocol for this mailing list:- https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists Importantly, it makes it easier for others, and lazy posters like myself if you use interleaved posting instead of top posting:- https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Interleaved Plain text posts are strongly preferred:- https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Plain_text Here's a simple guide to posting plain text with gmail:- https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Gmail Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5317e9be.9080...@gmail.com
