From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:0.9.2.1) Gecko/20010901 Description of problem: I am unable to install RH 7.2 on a Digital Celebris 6180 Pentium Pro 180 MHz Phoenix BIOS 4.05 Digital System BIOS 1.08 Integrated: Ethernet USB Matrox Millineum 2 Meg Video Sound IDE/Floppy Controler I initially ran the "Upgrade System" option in the install program. After selecting all of the options, the program upgraded my file systems on all partitions to ext3, then became very sluggish when "Copying install image to hard drive," and "Preparing RPM Transaction." Then, was also sluggish when "Preparing to install." The progress bar never reached past approx. 1/4 to 1/3 of the way in "Preparing to install" before system spontaneously rebooted. I tried this twice w/ the same results. Next I attempted a fresh install without reformating my /home partition. After selecting all of the options, the program quickly formatted my / and /boot partitions, then kicked out of the graphical install without proceeding to the next phase, and reports "install exited abnormally" and the OS goes into shutdown mode. Messages on the virtual consoles is attached. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Run installer on Digital Celebris system 2.Choose any combination of install options 3. Actual Results: When using the "upgrade" option, install becomes slugish during "copying install image" and "preparing RPM transaction" and reboots during "preparing to install" When using the "install" option, install kicks out of graphical install after formatting partitions, then shuts down the system reporting "install exited abnormally" Expected Results: Install should proceed to installation of packages and post install details. Additional info: I have tried the install proceedure on two Digital Celebris 6180 systems with completely different hardware with identical results. RH 7.0 Install worked perfectly for these systems, and all of the components were automatically configured and worked perfectly w/ Linux (RH 7.0)
Created attachment 35941 [details] Install messages from virtual consoles
We have had a number of reports for Digital Celebris machines, but we didn't have one in order to do the testing. A friend at Compaq graciously sent us one two days ago so we could work on it. I've put together an updates disk that should allow you to work around the problem. It is available at: ftp://people.redhat.com/bfox/7.2-celebris-quickfix.img Download this file and dd it to a floppy. Then boot the 7.2 installer with the 'linux updates' command. Insert the updates floppy when prompted. Does this fix the problem?
Yes, the updates disk does the trick. After using it, the installer works great. I have experienced some flaky reboots, but they are not reproducible, and I believe they are hardware related (either memory or interference from the monitor). My only issue with the system now involves DHCP with my ADSL supplier. Again, this worked on the Digital Celebris with a RH 7.0 install, and is working with a white box with RH 7.2 install and a 3-Com card. I belive this is a separate bug (mabye w/ Tulip driver?) or even just a config problem. Could you give me some guidance about whether I shoud open a new service request/bug report, or continue to work it with you through this bug report? Here is the relevant info from /var/log/messages for reference, and the ethernet hardware info from /etc/sysconfig/hwconf class: NETWORK bus: PCI detached: 0 device: eth driver: tulip desc: "DEC|DECchip 21142/43" vendorId: 1011 deviceId: 0019 subVendorId: 0000 subDeviceId: 0000 pciType: 1 Nov 5 01:57:59 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 Nov 5 01:57:59 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 Nov 5 01:57:59 localhost sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0 Nov 5 01:57:59 localhost network: Setting network parameters: succeeded Nov 5 01:58:00 localhost network: Bringing up interface lo: succeeded Nov 5 01:58:01 localhost ifup: Determining IP information for eth0... Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: ip_conntrack (512 buckets, 4096 max) Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre6 (July 2, 2001) Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: tulip0: EEPROM default media type Autosense. Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: tulip0: Index #0 - Media 10baseT (#0) described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) block. Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: tulip0: Index #1 - Media 10baseT-FDX (#4) described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) block. Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: tulip0: Index #2 - Media 10base2 (#1) described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) block. Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: tulip0: Index #3 - Media AUI (#2) described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) block. Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: tulip0: Index #4 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21142 MII PHY (3) block. Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: tulip0: ***WARNING***: No MII transceiver found! Nov 5 01:59:05 localhost kernel: eth0: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 48 at 0xc4873c00, 00:00:F8:79:4C:E1, IRQ 9. Nov 5 01:59:01 localhost dhcpcd[607]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response Nov 5 01:59:01 localhost ifup: failed. Nov 5 01:59:01 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed
I would recommend filing a new bug report against iputils.
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