Bug 8712

Summary:	Installing from a USB-key fails (ehci splitup in kernel 3.8)
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Thomas Backlund <tmb>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	critical
Priority:	Normal	CC:	eeeemail, ennael1, geiger.david68210, marja11, molch.b, thierry.vignaud, tmb, wilcal.int
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	3beta2
Source RPM:	kernel	CVE:
Status comment:
Bug Depends on:	8711
Bug Blocks:

Description Wolfgang Bornath 2013-01-16 15:51:36 CET

Ressources:

2 different USB keys, both have been tested before installing Mageia ISOs
3 different computers
 - x86_64 desktop with normal harddisk
 - x86_64 with empty SSD
 - i586 netbook with normal harddisk

Mageia ISOs:
 - x86_64 installer DVD
 - i586 installer DVD
 - x86_64 KDE LIve DVD

All ISOs are checked (md5) and transferred to USB key using 'dd'.


Results:

At all tests on all machines the system boots to bootloader emnue and shows the bootloader screen. After that, using "Install Mageia 3" fails.

Last picture seen is the check for USB mass storage. Where in a working system the installer starts loading stage2 from the USB key I receive a warning that the install media are not found neither on /dev/sda nor on /dev/sr0. For the netbook the system changes to a list of online options (assuming a net install). For the other machines a list of drivers comes up because the correct module of the USB mass storage fails (or so I think).

This was reproduced several time without change on all 3 machines.

claire robinson 2013-01-16 16:05:59 CET

CC: (none) => eeeemail, ennael1, thierry.vignaud, tmb
Whiteboard: (none) => 3beta2

William Kenney 2013-01-16 16:15:47 CET

CC: (none) => wilcal.int

Comment 1 David GEIGER 2013-01-16 18:23:42 CET

I have the same problem with usb, (usb stick):

I have created an usb boot iso with the command :

dd if=<Mageia-3-beta2-x86_64-DVD.iso> of=/dev/sdc


Usb stick boot properly but when arriving on the window of the installation
option language, it seeks the dvd drive, although option F4 = Other
Impossible to continue the installation too.

Tester david_david.

CC: (none) => geiger.david68210

Comment 2 William Kenney 2013-01-16 18:33:22 CET

It appears here at the very least that any M3B2 Live-CD/DVD run from
a USB drive has significant problems. Those problems can vary from
platform to platform. In rare cases the Live-CD/DVD will run.
More testing on my part and a better idea by the time of the
Mageia-QA meeting at 20:00 UTC Thur.

Comment 3 William Kenney 2013-01-16 18:39:22 CET

Just a hunch here. If you are creating a DVD install using
a USB drive make sure the USB drive is 8GB or larger. Using
a 4GB USB may be part of this problem.

Comment 4 William Kenney 2013-01-16 19:26:16 CET

I have a clean install and boot to a working desktop using:

Mageia-3-beta2-i586-DVD.iso

written to an 8GB USB drive.

I configured to my local up-to-date repo and warm rebooted
successfully back to the working desktop. I then updated
using my local repo, rebooted again and that went fine.
I mirror from:

mirrors.kernel.org

Comment 5 David GEIGER 2013-01-16 19:49:47 CET


(In reply to comment #3)
> Just a hunch here. If you are creating a DVD install using
> a USB drive make sure the USB drive is 8GB or larger. Using
> a 4GB USB may be part of this problem.

Ok I have use a usb stick 4GB, I'll equip with a usb stick 8GB and try again.

Comment 6 Wolfgang Bornath 2013-01-16 22:04:11 CET

Not here, one of the 2 USB keys I used in the tests is a 8GB, the other a 12GB, no 4GB key used.

CC: (none) => molch.b

Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-18 22:22:36 CET

Depends on: (none) => 8711

Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-18 22:23:21 CET

Depends on: 8711 => (none)
Assignee: bugsquad => tmb
Source RPM: (none) => kernel

Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-18 22:23:43 CET

Depends on: (none) => 8711

Comment 7 Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-21 22:09:34 CET

please test coming iso

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 8 David GEIGER 2013-01-21 22:57:55 CET

Testing with the new build of iso Mageia-3-beta2-LiveCD-KDE4-en-i586-CD (Mon Jan 21 20:55:00 CET 2013)

I can confirm that now with this, we can boot on a usb stick.

Great job tmb and ennael.

Comment 9 Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-21 23:09:38 CET

*** Bug 8713 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10 Wolfgang Bornath 2013-01-22 00:43:14 CET

Confirmed with Mon Jan 21 20:55 build of Mageia-3-beta2-i586-DVD.iso on a 4GB USB key.

Good job!

Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-22 00:50:50 CET

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Summary: Installing from a USB-key fails => Installing from a USB-key fails (ehci splitup in kernel 3.8)

Comment 11 Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-22 12:17:33 CET

*** Bug 8711 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => marja11