Bug#330007: install report for testing 2005-09-25 - failure
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: <i386 Debian business card ISO 2005-09-05-25>
uname -a: <didn't get that far>
Date: <2005-09-25 00:05 -600>
Method: <netinstall from testing business card ISO on CDROM,
ftp.us.debian.org, default install, no options>
Machine: <IBM 300PL 6594-A3U; AOpen 32X CDROM instead of stock LiteOn
LT485S>
Processor: PIII/800
Memory: 384M RDRAM
Root Device: <20G Maxtor EIDE>
Root Size/partition table: <single partition>
Output of lspci and lspci -n: didn't complete so not available
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:
<Everything went fine up through the reboot. When I first entered the apt
configuration part of the install, I selected ftp.debian.org, which was not
a good choice since I am in the U.S., but I could not go back to change it.
Unlike the expert mode, it did _not_ ask me if I wished to configure
alternate mirrors. I then selected the tasks desktop environment, web
server, file server, mail server, SQL server and standard system. I also
agreed to the popularity contest script. This configuration failed to
install, though the error messages were displayed for too short a time to
figure out what had gone wrong. The text screen that appeared just said to
try a different set of selections. That is not helpful as I did not want a
partial system installed.
Removing the popularity contest script still led to a failed install, as did
retrying the same set of tasks one more time. I then went back to the apt
config area of the installer and set up the ftp.us.debian.org mirror, and
_then_ it asked me if I wanted any others as it should. This should have
been an option when I mistakenly first chose ftp.debian.org, but it wasn't.
I configured two other mirrors. I also noticed that it asked if I wanted to
used the security.debian.org site, which is incorrect for the testing
distribution, but I said OK anyway. The install failed again.
I thought that perhaps the choice of security site was the problem, since
the suggested site was for the stable configuration. Redoing the apt config
section, I selected two different mirrors and declined to use the
security.debian.org site. It did not ask me if I wanted the popularity
contest again. The install failed again. I am out of ideas, since I cannot
see the error messages that flashed by so quickly. I will have to go back
to a the stable Sarge installer and then manually upgrade to testing.>
Regards,
Seth Goodman
Goodman Associates, LLC
tel 608.833.9933
fax 608.833.9966
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