Bug#302439: Successful RC3 install on current 32-bit Athlon system
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Sarge RC3 net-install CD ISO
uname -a: Linux benjo 2.4.27-2-k7 #1 Thu Jan 20 11:25:34 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
[I did the original install with the "linux26" kernel, then discovered
that there are no pre-built nvidia drivers for 2.6 kernels.]
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:26:59 -0500
Method: Net-install CD, then APT from ftp.us.debian.org. No proxy.
Machine: A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard w/ custom-built modern hardware
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+
Memory: 1024 MB
Root Device: SATA disk: WDC WD800JD-75JN
Root Size/partition table: (I let the installer decide how to create the
partition table for a single-user workstation install.)
benjo[26]:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 851 6835626 83 Linux (/)
/dev/sda2 852 9726 71288437+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 852 1181 2650693+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda6 1182 9726 68637681 83 Linux (/home)
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
[27]:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (rev 13)
0000:01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs: Unknown device 0008
0000:01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
0000:03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0326 (rev a1)
benjo[28]:~# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:01e0 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 0500: 10de:01eb (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 0500: 10de:01ee (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 0500: 10de:01ed (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 0500: 10de:01ec (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 0500: 10de:01ef (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:0060 (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0064 (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:0068 (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 0200: 10de:0066 (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 0604: 10de:006c (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 0101: 10de:0065 (rev a2)
0000:00:0d.0 0c00: 10de:006e (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 10de:01e8 (rev c1)
0000:01:04.0 0200: 11ab:4320 (rev 13)
0000:01:08.0 0401: 1102:0008
0000:01:0b.0 0104: 1095:3112 (rev 02)
0000:03:00.0 0300: 10de:0326 (rev a1)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
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: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
I didn't let the installer try to config the network since I needed to set
it up manually anyway.
The only problem I had (which is beyond the purview of d-i) was getting
X to work: I discovered that the nvidia kernel modules are no longer in
Sarge, only in unstable. I suspect this may confuse a lot of new users.
Fortunately the unstable nvidia driver package matches the kernel version
in Sarge.
Despite that, this was the smoothest Debian install I've ever done! Kudos!
--
Kevin B. McCarty <kmccarty@princeton.edu> Physics Department
WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University
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