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Bug#579576: marked as done (installer bug -- debian-504-i386-netinst.iso)

Your message dated Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:41:58 +0200
with message-id <201307171942.27358.holger@layer-acht.org>
and subject line closing old installation-reports from lenny
has caused the Debian Bug report #579576,
regarding installer bug -- debian-504-i386-netinst.iso
to be marked as done.

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Package: installation-reports

Boot method: CD (debian-504-i386-netinst.iso)
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-cd/debian-504-i386-netinst.iso 

Installation mode:  Expert

Date: 26 through 28 April 2009 (three attempts)

Machine: generic i386 (ASUS P5EQ>

Processor: Intel Pentium

Memory: 4 Gbyte

Partitions:  manual partitioning

             primary = /
             logical = usr var swap tmp home

Drives:  PATA (Primary Master) = Debian installation
         SATA1 = (partitioner instructed not to use this drive)
                 multiple partitions with miscellaneous files
         SATA2 = CD/DVD

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):  [ ]

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [E]
Detect network card:    [E]
Configure network:      [O]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Clock/timezone setup:   [O]
User/password setup:    [O]
Install tasks:          [O]
Install boot loader:    [E]
Overall install:        [O]

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Comments:

(1) The installer ought to offer a wider variety of keyboard maps.
For example. I am accustomed to the "dvorak-classic" layout, which differs significantly from the "Dvorak" layout offered by the installer; in particular, the numeric row of dvorak-classic is 
 [ 7 5 3 1 9 0 2 4 6 8 ]
so entering network parameters and passwords is a bit awkward with the "Dvorak" layout. 

%%%
(2) The installer ought to allow the user to specify the GMT/UTC time zone, irrespective of the country selection. 

%%%
(3) The installer ought to allow the user to specify the drive to which GRUB Legacy or GRUB2 is to be installed, as well as the drive to which the GRUB Legacy or GRUB2 MBR is to be written. 

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Problem:
(1) On the first installation attempt, I elected to install GRUB2 as the boot loader, but the system would not boot.
I was able to boot using a "SuperGRUB" rescue CD which I created from an ISO image I found with Google. But several attempts to re-write the MBR and several attempts to reinstall GRUB did not remedy the problem. 

%%%
(2) On the second installation attempt, I elected to install GRUB Legacy as the boot loader, but the system would not boot.
Again, I was able to boot using a "SuperGRUB" rescue CD which I created from an ISO image I found with Google. But (again) several attempts to re-write the MBR and several attempts to reinstall GRUB did not remedy the problem. 

%%%
(3) For the third installation attempt, I replaced the PATA drive with another PATA drive, assuming that perhaps the boot track of the original PATA drive was defective.
I again elected to install GRUB Legacy as the boot loader, but the system would not boot.
Again, I was able to boot using a "SuperGRUB" rescue CD which I created from an ISO image I found with Google. But (again) several attempts to re-write the MBR and several attempts to reinstall GRUB did not remedy the problem. 

%%%
(4) For the fourth installation attempt, I disconnected the SATA drive, thinking that the installer was broken for the case in which both PATA and SATA drives are present in a system.
Again, I elected to install GRUB Legacy as the boot loader. The system booted properly. I did not attempt to upgrade to GRUB2. 

RLH

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Hi,

thank you for your installation-report you send quite some time ago.

Quite probably your issue has been addressed by now, if it hasn't please open 
a new bug report, so that we can re-investigate the issue.


cheers,
	Holger

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