Bug#554493: booting the stable installer via pxe leeds to a black screen

[Maelvon HAWK]

Package: installation-reports

Hello,

Wanted to install a stable Debian version on a Vaio (PCG-GRT816S) with
XPE and a netboot, I've been faced to a similar bug as #497212!

The screen turn black!

Tested with no luck :
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/20090123/images/netboot/

But it works with :
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/oldstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/

Is my Vaio's BIOS too old, or the install files (vesamenu.c32) corrupted
in stable?

Maelvon HAWK



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[Frans Pop-3]

On Wednesday 04 November 2009, Maelvon HAWK wrote:
> Wanted to install a stable Debian version on a Vaio (PCG-GRT816S) with
> XPE and a netboot, I've been faced to a similar bug as #497212!
>
> The screen turn black!

When exactly does it turn black? After you boot the installer from the
syslinux menu, or does the syslinux menu not show? I'll assume the last.

The problem could be version difference between different syslinux files.

See the last comment in #497212:
<quote>
I ran into this one a while ago and forgot to post the solution, which is
that you have to make sure that you are netbooting a 'pxelinux.0' which at
least as new as the version of 'vesamenu.c32'.  It seems that the changes
to pxelinux.0 in syslinux are back-compatible with earlier copies of
vesamenu.c32, but not the other way round.  Simply upgrade to pxelinux.0
from the Lenny images as well and the problem is fixed :-)
</quote>

Cheers,
FJP



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[Maelvon HAWK]

Frans Pop a écrit :

> On Wednesday 04 November 2009, Maelvon HAWK wrote:
>> Wanted to install a stable Debian version on a Vaio (PCG-GRT816S) with
>> XPE and a netboot, I've been faced to a similar bug as #497212!
>>
>> The screen turn black!
>
> When exactly does it turn black? After you boot the installer from the
> syslinux menu, or does the syslinux menu not show? I'll assume the last.
>
> The problem could be version difference between different syslinux files.
>
> See the last comment in #497212:
> <quote>
> I ran into this one a while ago and forgot to post the solution, which is
> that you have to make sure that you are netbooting a 'pxelinux.0' which at
> least as new as the version of 'vesamenu.c32'.  It seems that the changes
> to pxelinux.0 in syslinux are back-compatible with earlier copies of
> vesamenu.c32, but not the other way round.  Simply upgrade to pxelinux.0
> from the Lenny images as well and the problem is fixed :-)
> </quote>
>

The syslinux not show! A black screen. It got an IP from tftpboot, then
black screen.

I've see your comment in #497212, but not tried it. Just tried to use
the linked vesamenu.c32 from earlier post with no luck.

I'll try the copy of 'pxelinux.0' and 'vesamenu.c32' from Lenny to
replace the 'stable' ones.

http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/vesamenu.c32
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/pxelinux.0

Done, and always Black screen!

And with the oldstable/main/installer-i386/current/ it works, but the
install lock on the DD recognition. I don't know if this Vaio is capable
to eat a Debian distrib :.)

Thanks for your help Frans!

Maelvon HAWK



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