Hello! Some updates...
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:52:23 +0200, Luca Capello wrote: > On a very similar machine I tried to install etch using a lenny d-i > daily-built image. The full report is available as bug #438566 [1]. [...] > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:38:16 +0200, Luca Capello wrote: >> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:04:31 +0200, Luca Capello wrote: >>> 2) boot >> >> This is a bit strange: at reboot (without touching the SATA cables), >> GRUB blocks after Stage1.5 (error, but this can be the old MBR from >> the previous installation which I forgot to erase). So I swapped >> the SATA cables and the machine boots, at least until error 3 below. >> >> What's strange is that the disk which can boot was on port2/channel2 >> during installation and its first partition is /boot.bck (recognized >> thanks to different labels), while the one that cannot boot is /boot >> (and indeed it contains the correct files). > > AFAIK the cause is that the linux kernel erroneously maps the Promise > TX4 devices, counting from the last one. This was a linux kernel problem solved in 2.6.22 (bug #438566 [1]). Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca Footnotes: [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=438566 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
