Bug#352459: installation report
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: debian sarge 2.6.8 "business
card" from debian.org website
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell
prompt>
Linux debian 2.6.8-powerpc #1 Thu Nov 24 00:17:15 UTC
2005 ppc GNU/Linux
Date: <Date and time of the install>
Febuary 2005 (it took me a few weeks in my spare time
- in segments, false starts,etc)
Method: How did you install?
i used busnes card to do network install
at 2[lib, cafe] local public wifi sites
What did you boot off?
i booted off vmlinix and initrd copied off
b.card (burned to cd) (see note 3)
these i place in Linux Kernels folder,
booted off BootX w/in MacOS8.1
FOUND NECESSARY to d/load by hand w/
another laptop woody install vmlinux/initrd
WHICH ALLOWED ME TO break into shell
where i could mount new sarge and copy
vmlinux/initrd 2.6.8 to MacOS partition !! (got it -
post install - no quik )
If network install, from where? Proxied?
one site i tried had portal block me. also
sometimes issues with switching ESSID.
the installer did provide auto configure domain
name from the router which
was acceptable to start, as was
hostname debian.
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad
R32)> Macintosh PowerBook3400c
Processor: powerpc 603ev 180Mhz
Memory: 80MB
Root Device: <IDE? SCSI? Name of device?> installed
to IDE (internal) /dev/hda7
Root Size/partition table: Feel free to paste the
full partition
table, with notes on which partitions are
mounted where.
/dev/hda
# type name
length base ( size ) system
/dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple
63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map
/dev/hda2 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh
54 @ 64 ( 27.0k) Driver 4.3
/dev/hda3 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh
74 @ 118 ( 37.0k) Driver 4.3
/dev/hda4 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh
54 @ 192 ( 27.0k) Unknown
/dev/hda5 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh
74 @ 246 ( 37.0k) Unknown
/dev/hda6 Apple_Patches Patch Partition
512 @ 320 (256.0k) Unknown
/dev/hda7 Apple_Bootstrap Linux Root
1854065 @ 832 (905.3M) NewWorld bootblock
/dev/hda8 Apple_Void
0 @ 0 ( 0.0k) Unknown
/dev/hda9 Apple_HFS untitled 3
513282 @ 1854897 (250.6M) HFS
/dev/hda10 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap
196608 @ 2368179 ( 96.0M) Linux swap
/dev/hda11 Apple_HFS common
257613 @ 2564787 (125.8M) HFS
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=2822400
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: @ 64 for 23, type=0x1
2: @ 118 for 36, type=0xffff
3: @ 192 for 21, type=0x701
4: @ 246 for 34, type=0xf8ff
hmmm - had to parted from the sarge bus card half
way through packages
started with 400 MB, gave up my OS9 for another
500MB
- also tried a scsi external drive - could not
get it to boot, with
various methods of copying from IDE install.
-partition 9 is MacOS8.1, 11 is data
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. Bandit
PowerPC host bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment
Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3] (rev 21)
0000:00:0e.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. O'Hare I/O (rev
01)
0000:00:10.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. O'Hare I/O (rev
01)
0000:00:11.0 VGA compatible controller: Chips and
Technologies F65550 (rev 45)
0000:00:13.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1130
(rev 04)
0000:00:13.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1130
(rev 04)
0000:00:0b.0 0600: 106b:0001 (rev 03)
0000:00:0d.0 0200: 1011:0014 (rev 21)
0000:00:0e.0 ff00: 106b:0007 (rev 01)
0000:00:10.0 ff00: 106b:0007 (rev 01)
0000:00:11.0 0300: 102c:00e0 (rev 45)
0000:00:13.0 0607: 104c:ac12 (rev 04)
0000:00:13.1 0607: 104c:ac12 (rev 04)
where is my wireless card ... has to be in at boot
time or else no show ??
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: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
I skipped Quik since installer told me i could lose
able to boot macos. as noted no
way i could see provided to copy kernel/rd for
bootx users, other than hack.
the installer guide being 3/4 about woody i had
already downloaded that installer,
and used that to partition/format. later i found
although mounting is odd there
in the sarge installer, it does give you parted which
i used to enlarge - root.
oh i had tried to get a minimum install cd but
apparently some noise on my network
corrupted the image - so after two downloads and
wasted cds i went w/ business card.
seemed to deal better with whatever.
<Description of the install, in prose, and any
thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
HAVING TROUBLE with aptitude. it just trashed my disk
in its own data base today,
trying to get some X/desktop services going. this was
a run-away of debian-config.
i think default package set could
include some laptop tools more - sleep and battery
help.
i do not think i would have got this far without
previous linux/ unix experience.
however it had been a while with some gaps and there
were surprises for me.
i had a R.Hat5 MKLinux 1998 it gave me everything
include KDE in 400MB and it
all installed at once (that was default). same
machine. well then i learned
all my unix utils in 1986-94.
i would like to see more what installer is doing and
more options debug working.
it feels a trifle overautomatic to me. it is good to
have options and defaults.
i would say the thoughts i had during initial install
between bored and mystified.
the documentation is really hard to get into as it is
huge, without an obvious
browser of some kind perhaps. LUCKY me i am
sophisticated enough to deal w/ man pages.
i am excited and enthused by the success of linux and
support of "freedom" it
contains. I am glad Debian continues to support old
powerbooks, especially
after for instance some worked hard to fix video
driver here finally recently.
However some booting errors - non fatal, but ...
i was kinda thrilled by the network install. but
disappointed now with aptitude
choking, and having trouble slogging through
documents here w/out a browser.
hmm maybe could i put MK'98 back on my scsi disk and
booting there peruse the docs ??
SUGGESTION - throw a "Welcome" readme or 2 or 3 at us.
more orientation.
Install logs and other status info is available in
/var/log/debian-installer/.
Once you have filled out this report, mail it to
submit@bugs.debian.org.
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