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diff --git a/fi/boot-installer/trouble.xml b/fi/boot-installer/trouble.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 6413f4833..000000000 --- a/fi/boot-installer/trouble.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,284 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 33725 untranslated --> - - <sect1 id="boot-troubleshooting"> - <title>Troubleshooting the Installation Process</title> -<para> -</para> - - <sect2 condition="supports-floppy-boot" id="unreliable-floppies"> - <title>Floppy Disk Reliability</title> - -<para> - -The biggest problem for people using floppy disks to install Debian -seems to be floppy disk reliability. - -</para><para> - -The boot floppy is the floppy with the worst problems, because it -is read by the hardware directly, before Linux boots. Often, the -hardware doesn't read as reliably as the Linux floppy disk driver, and -may just stop without printing an error message if it reads incorrect -data. There can also be failures in the Driver Floppies most of which -indicate themselves with a flood of messages about disk I/O errors. - -</para><para> - -If you are having the installation stall at a particular floppy, the -first thing you should do is re-download the floppy disk image and -write it to a <emphasis>different</emphasis> floppy. Simply -reformatting the old -floppy may not be sufficient, even if it appears that the floppy was -reformatted and written with no errors. It is sometimes useful to try -writing the floppy on a different system. - -</para><para> - -One user reports he had to write the images to floppy -<emphasis>three</emphasis> times before one worked, and then -everything was fine with the third floppy. - -</para><para> - -Other users have reported that simply rebooting a few times with the -same floppy in the floppy drive can lead to a successful boot. This is -all due to buggy hardware or firmware floppy drivers. - -</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2><title>Boot Configuration</title> - -<para> - -If you have problems and the kernel hangs during the boot process, -doesn't recognize peripherals you actually have, or drives are not -recognized properly, the first thing to check is the boot parameters, -as discussed in <xref linkend="boot-parms"/>. - -</para><para> - -If you are booting with your own kernel instead of the one supplied -with the installer, be sure that <userinput>CONFIG_DEVFS</userinput> is set in -your kernel. The installer requires -<userinput>CONFIG_DEVFS</userinput>. - -</para><para> - -Often, problems can be solved by removing add-ons and peripherals, and -then trying booting again. <phrase arch="i386">Internal modems, sound -cards, and Plug-n-Play devices can be especially problematic.</phrase> - -</para><para> - -If you have a large amount of memory installed in your machine, more -than 512M, and the installer hangs when booting the kernel, you may -need to include a boot argument to limit the amount of memory the -kernel sees, such as <userinput>mem=512m</userinput>. - -</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 arch="i386" id="i386-boot-problems"> - <title>Common &arch-title; Installation Problems</title> -<para> - -There are some common installation problems that can be solved or avoided by -passing certain boot parameters to the installer. - -</para><para> - -Some systems have floppies with <quote>inverted DCLs</quote>. If you receive -errors reading from the floppy, even when you know the floppy is good, -try the parameter <userinput>floppy=thinkpad</userinput>. - -</para><para> - -On some systems, such as the IBM PS/1 or ValuePoint (which have ST-506 -disk drivers), the IDE drive may not be properly recognized. Again, -try it first without the parameters and see if the IDE drive is -recognized properly. If not, determine your drive geometry -(cylinders, heads, and sectors), and use the parameter -<userinput>hd=<replaceable>cylinders</replaceable>,<replaceable>heads</replaceable>,<replaceable>sectors</replaceable></userinput>. - -</para><para> - -If you have a very old machine, and the kernel hangs after saying -<computeroutput>Checking 'hlt' instruction...</computeroutput>, then -you should try the <userinput>no-hlt</userinput> boot argument, which -disables this test. - -</para><para> - -If your screen begins to show a weird picture while the kernel boots, -eg. pure white, pure black or colored pixel garbage, your system may -contain a problematic video card which does not switch to the -framebuffer mode properly. Then you can use the boot parameter -<userinput>debian-installer/framebuffer=false</userinput> or -<userinput>video=vga16:off</userinput> to disable the framebuffer -console. Only the English -language will be available during the installation due to limited -console features. See <xref linkend="boot-parms"/> for details. - -</para> - - <sect3> - <title>System Freeze During the PCMCIA Configuration Phase</title> -<para> - -Some laptop models produced by Dell are known to crash when PCMCIA device -detection tries to access some hardware addresses. Other laptops may display -similar problems. If you experience such a problem and you don't need PCMCIA -support during the installation, you can disable PCMCIA using the -<userinput>hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false</userinput> boot parameter. You can -then configure PCMCIA after the installation is completed and exclude the -resource range causing the problems. - -</para><para> - -Alternatively, you can boot the installer in expert mode. You will -then be asked to enter the resource range options your hardware -needs. For example, if you have one of the Dell laptops mentioned -above, you should enter <userinput>exclude port -0x800-0x8ff</userinput> here. There is also a list of some common -resource range options in the <ulink -url="http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.12">System -resource settings section of the PCMCIA HOWTO</ulink>. Note that you -have to omit the commas, if any, when you enter this value in the -installer. - -</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>System Freeze while Loading the USB Modules</title> -<para> - -The kernel normally tries to install USB modules and the USB keyboard driver -in order to support some non-standard USB keyboards. However, there are some -broken USB systems where the driver hangs on loading. A possible workaround -may be disabling the USB controller in your mainboard BIOS setup. Another option -is passing the <userinput>debian-installer/probe/usb=false</userinput> parameter -at the boot prompt, which will prevent the modules from being loaded. - -</para> - </sect3> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="kernel-msgs"> - <title>Interpreting the Kernel Startup Messages</title> - -<para> - -During the boot sequence, you may see many messages in the form -<computeroutput>can't find <replaceable>something</replaceable> -</computeroutput>, or <computeroutput> -<replaceable>something</replaceable> not present</computeroutput>, -<computeroutput>can't initialize <replaceable>something</replaceable> -</computeroutput>, or even <computeroutput>this driver release depends -on <replaceable>something</replaceable> </computeroutput>. -Most of these messages are harmless. You -see them because the kernel for the installation system is built to -run on computers with many different peripheral devices. Obviously, no -one computer will have every possible peripheral device, so the -operating system may emit a few complaints while it looks for -peripherals you don't own. You may also see the system pause for a -while. This happens when it is waiting for a device to respond, and -that device is not present on your system. If you find the time it -takes to boot the system unacceptably long, you can create a -custom kernel later (see <xref linkend="kernel-baking"/>). - -</para> - </sect2> - - - <sect2 id="problem-report"> - <title>Bug Reporter</title> -<para> - -If you get through the initial boot phase but cannot complete the -install, the bug reporter menu choice may be helpful. -It lets you store system error logs and configuration information from the -installer to a floppy, or download them in a web browser. - -This information may provide clues as to what went wrong and how to -fix it. If you are submitting a bug report you may want to attach -this information to the bug report. - -</para><para> - -Other pertinent installation messages may be found in -<filename>/var/log/</filename> during the -installation, and <filename>/var/log/installer/</filename> -after the computer has been booted into the installed system. - -</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="submit-bug"> - <title>Submitting Installation Reports</title> -<para> - -If you still have problems, please submit an installation report. We also -encourage installation reports to be sent even if the installation is -successful, so that we can get as much information as possible on the largest -number of hardware configurations. - -</para><para> - -If you have a working Debian system, the easiest way to send an installation -report is to install the installation-report and reportbug packages -(<command>apt-get install installation-report reportbug</command>) and run -the command <command>reportbug installation-report</command>. - -</para><para> - -Please use this template when filling out -installation reports, and file the report as a bug report against the -<classname>installation-reports</classname> pseudo package, by sending it to -<email>submit@bugs.debian.org</email>. - -<informalexample><screen> -Package: installation-reports - -Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?> -Image version: <Fill in date and from where you got the image> -Date: <Date and time of the install> - -Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)> -Processor: -Memory: -Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred> - -Output of lspci and lspci -n: - -Base System Installation Checklist: -[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it - -Initial boot worked: [ ] -Configure network HW: [ ] -Config network: [ ] -Detect CD: [ ] -Load installer modules: [ ] -Detect hard drives: [ ] -Partition hard drives: [ ] -Create file systems: [ ] -Mount partitions: [ ] -Install base system: [ ] -Install boot loader: [ ] -Reboot: [ ] - -Comments/Problems: - -<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments - and ideas you had during the initial install.> -</screen></informalexample> - -In the bug report, describe what the problem is, including the last -visible kernel messages in the event of a kernel hang. Describe the -steps that you did which brought the system into the problem state. - -</para> - </sect2> - </sect1> |