On Thu, 2011 Jun 9 07:56+0200, Norbert Kiszka wrote: > > Did You checked this hdd for bad sectors? Check SMART first if > possible.
SMART shows no errors. Zero sectors reallocated, zero pending. Besides, a daily d-i image doesn't run into this problem. > PS. Why 486 kernel instead 686? That's the kernel that was in the "netboot" tarball... On Thu, 2011 Jun 9 07:14+0200, Christian PERRIER wrote: > > Is that fully reproducible? I guess it is as you recorded the problem > but still need asking...:-) Yep, I've hit this multiple times. Installing squeeze is currently not possible on this system due to this bug, I'm afraid. > Could you try with: > > - one official squeeze image (having the exact URL of the image you > used would help, indeed) I used http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz Dated 2011-03-15 02:54 UTC, size 8829576 bytes. I extracted the kernel and initrd, placed them on the hard disk, and booted via GRUB2. > - a daily built image downloaded from > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. Preferrably a > *netboot* (not netinst) image Already done---see bug #628752. That one had a different problem, but at least filesystem creation worked. I think this may all come down to a fix that needs backporting. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org