Bug#225306: debian-installer: cosmetic suggestions
Package: installation-reports
Version: unknown; see below
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 2003-12-27,
http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/dvd/jigdo-area/i386/sarge-i386-1.jigdo
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 unknown
Date: 2003-12-28, 10:50 a.m. EST
Method: booted from DVD 1
Machine: HP Omnibook 6100
Processor: Pentium III
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Root Device: IDE: 7.5 GB partition of 60 GB drive
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7752 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 145 1096168+ a0 IBM Thinkpad hibernation
/dev/hda2 * 146 159 105840 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 160 1108 7174440 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda4 1109 7752 50228640 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1109 1871 5768248+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1872 2912 7869928+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 2913 5246 17645008+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 5247 7580 17645008+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda9 7581 7752 1300288+ 82 Linux swap
Configured d-i to leave /dev/hda2 intact and mount on /boot, create
an ext3 file system on /dev/hda6 and mount on /, and to create swap
on /dev/hda9. All other partitions were left intact and not
mounted. (Of course, these were the /dev/ide0/... names...)
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 41)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY
02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)
02:04.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem (rev 02)
02:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:05.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VM (KM) Ethernet Controller (rev 41)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Note: uname -a run from shell in debian-installer; lspci and fdisk -l
run from Fedora Core 1 currently installed on the laptop.
A previous bug report elaborated on the error encountered installing
base system. Here I'm just making a couple of minor suggestions.
In the screen that allows mounting and configuration of partitions,
the abbreviation "GiB" is used for gigabyte and "MiB" for megabyte.
Although GiB is somewhat understandable, MiB certainly isn't. I'd
suggest the standard "GB" and "MB" would be more correct and probably
less confusing.
It would be nice if there were some visible feedback about which
partition was marked bootable, and more importantly, which partitions
are having new file systems created on them. Alternatively or
additionally, the confirmation screen that says all indicated file
systems will be erased should indicate WHICH file systems are being
erased at that time. I realize that this may complicate the system
because the data being displayed is no longer static, but I think
these enhancements are pretty important, especially given the
non-reversibility of the steps in question.
I'm looking forward to trying beta 2.
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