Bug#307878: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
Downloaded on 2005-May-05 at 21:45 EST
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a:
Linux vice 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Thu Jan 20 10:55:08 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Date:
2005-May-05 22:00 EST
Method:
I installed from of the CD image from the URL listed above. Since this was a
network install, I used the Debian mirror ftp.us.debian.org. I was not
installing through a proxy.
Machine:
Custom built computer.
Asus A7N8X-E Motherboard (nForce2).
Processor:
AMD Athlon XP 2800
Memory:
1GB
Root Device:
IDE Serial ATA Western Digital WD800JB-00JJA0
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 9599 76999545 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 9600 9729 1044225 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda1 is mounted as /boot and /dev/hda2 is mounted as /
Output of 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)
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (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)
0000:01:0b.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: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]
0000:03:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
Output of 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)
0000:00:05.0 0401: 10de:006b (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 0401: 10de:006a (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)
0000:01:0b.0 0104: 1095:3112 (rev 02)
0000:03:00.0 0300: 1002:4e48
0000:03:00.1 0380: 1002:4e68
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: [O]
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:
- At partitioning screen, I had wanted to know what "Desktop" and "Multi-user
workstation" would give me with out having to actually select the options.
- Similarly, later in the install when I was given the option to install some
packages (Mail Server, Web Server, SQL Server, etc), I wanted to know what
packages these options would install. I picked SQL server wanting to run
MySQL, but I got Postgres instead. I had to fix this manually after the
installation was completed.
- When selecting a Debian mirror, I wish I had some way of knowing which one
to pick. As it stands, I just pick one at random without having any idea if
the mirror is good for me. The physical location of the mirror (i.e., City,
State for the USA servers) would at least give me a ball-park idea for a
reasonable guess.
- While downloading files with APT after the reboot, I received the error:
Failed to access the Debian archive
Failed to fetch
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
Connection timed out [IP:216.37.55.114 80] ... etc ...
Obviously, this was some sort of network hiccup. I was able to continue on
to pick a different mirror, but I picked ftp.us.debian.org again. The
second time the file was successfully downloaded. So, this network error
was successfully handled.
- Installation took 35 minutes.
- Bottom line: the installation went very smoothly.
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