Re: Custom debian-installer kernel - was: Re: Up cl

Hello,


On 1/3/26 10:51, Helge Deller wrote:
>
> On 1/3/26 01:08, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>
>> Maybe debugging with earlyprintk can help?
>>
>> Try passing "earlyprintk=serial,ttyS0,115200" to the kernel command 
>> line.
>>
>> See: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Command-line_parameters
>
> You mentioned, that "your" kernel does not crash, and that you run
> on serial console.
> Can you please capture the full output and post it here?
> Then maybe I'm able to see what the difference between your machine
> and all others is.
> Do you maybe have some PCI cards, e.g. graphic cards or others added ?


I'm attaching the log file of the successful boot into the installer. 
(It continues where it left off when I rebooted, probably because the 
root fs is now not a ramdisk, but NFS.)

There are two graphics cards inside.


>
> You mentioned that the standard kernel failed to detect your CDROM drive.
> In most (somewhat newer) HP machines the CDROM drive was ATA connected
> to on-board controllers.


I looks like ATA, I have to type "boot IDE" in order to boot the CD.


>>> This worked so far that I could start the installer (it would find the
>>> CD in the CD drive as installation media), but it complains that the
>>> installer components (I believe kernel modules) are for a different
>>> kernel than the booted version.
>>
>> Yes, that's expected.


I guessed that.


I don't try the earlyboot now and boot the crashing variant, because I'm 
not at the machine. I'll try in the next days when I'm on location.


regards,
chris