Re: INSTALL REPORT
On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 03:18:13PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Andrew Pollock wrote:
> > Config network: [E]
>
> You didn't explain what went wrong here. Did you actually perform this
> step in the installer, or did you not, and just not have a configured
> network post install?
Sorry. If memory serves, the main issue was that I wasn't prompted at all.
> > Last time I tried an image, I had the choice of ext3 (and I think ReiserFS). Today I only had ext2.
>
> udeb priority problems, I have uploaded a fix.
Cool.
> > Post d-i, my network was totall unconfigured. /etc/network/interfaces
> > had just the top comment lines in it.
>
> Possibly because you did not configure the network during the install?
See above.
> > The installer was very persistent about asking about autopartitioning,
> > to the point where it really started to piss me off. I would have
> > thought it best to ask whether to autopartition or manually partition
> > at the start, and then never ask again, whereas I was asked about
> > autopartitioning shortly after completing a manual partition, which I
> > thought was a bit screwy.
>
> Yes that's a known bug, and I think it's fixed now.
Very cool.
> > I'm pretty sure last time I tried, I also had the choice of grub or lilo.
> > Today, it was lilo or nothing.
>
> Anyone know why it's not offering grub anymore?
Any answer on this?
> > Also, when it came to filesystems, what I wanted, was a root partition
> > (with an ext3 filesystem on it) a swap partition and everything else
> > as logical volumes. I note that the installer seems vaguely aware of
> > LVM, but doesn't seem to prompt to create any logical volumes. It
> > thinks an LVM partition has a filesystem on it and then talks about
> > mounting it and whatnot.
>
> Someone should perhaps turn this into a wishlist bug report against the
> relevant package. I can never guess what the right relevant package is
> for partitioning though.
Anyone got any idea of what the relevant package is?
> > Finally, for a netinst CD, I was somewhat surprised to find it had
> > base packages on it. I was expecting to have to download that with
> > APT...
>
> You may be looking for the business card image instead, it lacks base
> packages.
Okay. So I shall download another (businesscard) ISO and give it another
whirl perhaps over the weekend and see how things go.
Andrew
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