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uname -a: Linux generationq 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004
i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-08-25
Method: Netinstall with netinstall-image,
booted from cd, with fresh, unpartitioned HD
eth-network was detected and set up automatically with a dhcpd
running on my network,
which supplied a nat-gateway
Machine: no-brand
Processor: i386: AthlonXP 1800+
Memory: 515MB
Root Device: 80 GB IDE Disc
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 486 3903763+ 83 Linux
(unformated, will install win there some day)
/dev/hda2 487 1459 7815622+ 83 Linux ( / )
/dev/hda3 1460 9665 65914695 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda4 9666 9733 546210 82 Linux swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
generationq:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365
[KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133
AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super
South] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super
ACPI] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x
DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31)
0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
0000:00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738
(rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25
[GeForce4 Ti 4200] (rev a3)
generationq:~# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:0305 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:8305
0000:00:07.0 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 16)
0000:00:07.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 16)
0000:00:07.4 0600: 1106:3057 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 50)
0000:00:09.0 0200: 1282:9102 (rev 31)
0000:00:0c.0 0401: 1274:5880 (rev 02)
0000:00:0d.0 0401: 13f6:0111 (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0253 (rev a3)
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:
Worked good, i only have minor suggestions:
partitioning:
you get the choice between: one disk for everything, seperate homedirs,
multiuser
even though i consider myself quite knowledgeable, i dont have a clue
what "multiuser" means in this context :O
when creating partitions from the menu, you get to enter the new size.
in this menu, next to the input box, theres only a "go back" button, but
no "create" or "confirm" button.
if this is intentional, shouldnt be there a hint that the new partition
size gets accepted once you hit "enter"?
in general: im not yet sure if "go back" equals "cancel", or (like in
HIGfied Gnome apps) "close", confirming new setting :)
base-install:
i was quite surprised when the installation of the basesystem started
immediately after
partitionsa were formated. its not bad necesseraly, i just had expected
some confirmation :P
base-configuration (after reboot):
not important, but i relaised that after the reboot, exim is already
running (and listening @ *) -
before you had a chance to install some packetfilter/firewall.
May this be a problem with a dsl-mode-running-dhcpd setup?
package-installation:
after selecting tasks (when not picking packages manually),
installation starts immediately. would be great if it displayed a
message like
"this will install x MB from y MB of compressed archives" before,
and then give the possibility to finetune your package-selection
(aptitude, dselect?)
before you start the install (which is a download on a dsl-line in my
case :)
post-install:
the most important glitch was that, since i wasnt asked about my desired
debconf question-priority,
i wasnt asked about my keyboard-layout in the xserver-xfree
package-configuration.
i had selected "german keyboard" during base-install, and it works as
expected on ttys,
but xserver-xfree didnt honor that and i ended up with a american(?)
layout.
xserver-xfree c1hould use the keyboardmap used for console per-default,
or give the
"keymap-question" a higher priority.
Since x-configuration aint really a part of d-i, should i file a bug
against X? Are u gonna do it?
Or do u consider this non-crucial and fix it after sarge? :O
i also dont see why "more" gets installed per default, but not "less" -
reading manpages w/o less suxs :)
Keep up your great work,
mh
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