Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: base-installer
I tried to install a 32-bit version of hardy server alpha-2 on a 64-bit
machine containing an AMD Quad-Core Opteron processor and near the end
of the "Install the base system" step, this message appeared on the
console: "No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources."
On the Alt-F4 virtual console these messages were seen:
base-installer: info: kernel linux-generic not usable on 486
base-installer: info: kernel linux-server not usable on 486
base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-generic not usable on 486
base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-server not usable on 486
base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.24-2-server not usable on
486
base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.24-2-generic not usable on
486
base-installer: warning: Kernel override 'linux-server' not present
base-installer: info: Found kernels ''
I was able to switch to an alternate console, chroot into /target and
manually install a kernel from the CD, so this isn't caused by the media
spindown issues that I found while searching for existing bug reports.
After this workaround, the rest of the installation completed without
problems.
Processor specifics: family 16, model 2, model name "Quad-Core AMD
Opteron(tm) Processor 8347"
The problem doesn't occur on 64-bit Intel processors, nor on a Dual-Core
AMD Opteron processor (family 15, model 33, model name "Dual-Core AMD
Opteron(tm) Processor 270"). It also doesn't occur with 64-bit
installation media, only 32-bit.
I was able to reproduce the same issue during a gutsy i386 server
install and a hardy server alpha-3 install.
I believe I have traced the problem to the arch_get_kernel_flavour()
routine in the file kernel/i386.sh of the base-installer package.
** Affects: base-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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32-bit install on 64-bit AMD processor fails to find installable kernel
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187869
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