Bug#224403: Installation report
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: sarge-i386-netinst.iso from rw-aachen.de 12 Dec
uname -a: Linux localhost 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686
GNU/Linux
(once again the hostname has not been set properly, my prompt is
"localhost:~")
Date: 18 Dec 03 15:30
Method: booted from the iso above, then used debian.blueyonder.co.uk (as I
did on the other machine, but see below for rant!)
Machine: home-made Asus A7N8X deluxe
Processor: AthlonMP 1200 (running at 6.5x200MHz)
Memory: 2x512Mb DDR400
Root Device: hde11
Root Size/partition table: 122.9 Gb Maxtor SATA HD
hde 14946/255/63
hde1 5116Mb (1-637 cyl) NTFS (WinXP boot)
hde2 114929Mb (638-14945 cyl) Win95 Extended (LBA)
hde5 5125Mb (638-1275 cyl) NTFS (WinXP apps)
hde6 5125Mb (1276-1913 cyl) W95 FAT32 (WinXP games)
hde7 5125Mb (1914-2551 cyl) W95 FAT32 (WinXP archive stuff)
hde8 5125Mb (2552-3189 cyl) unused
hde9 5125Mb (3190-3827 cyl) unused
hde10 5125Mb (3828-4465 cyl) unused
hde11 5125Mb (4466-5103 cyl) Linux (/)
hde12 5125Mb (5104-5741 cyl) unused
hde13 5125Mb (5742-6379 cyl) unused
hde14 5125Mb (6380-7017 cyl) unused
hde15 5125Mb (7018-7655 cyl) Linux (old stuff)
hde16 1028Mb (7656-7783 cyl) swap
hde17 57.5Gb (7784-14945 cyl) NTFS (MP3s)
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: CMD Technology Inc Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller (rev 02)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3C920B-EMB Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 40)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [ok]
Configure network HW: [ok]
Config network: [E] *1
Detect CD: [ok]
Load installer modules: [ok]
Detect hard drives: [ok]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ok]
Mount partitions: [ok]
Install base system: [ok]
Install boot loader: [ok]
Reboot: [ok]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
*1 as before, you know it's not good to default to DHCP.
Now then, I've done this massive install - two hours or so to download
over 400Mb of packages. I did a minimal install on the other machine,
knowing that I could then fetch additional packages from across the
network instead of another two hours of downloading. But no - the sodding
debs have been deleted!!!!
Please include a step in the installer which asks whether to keep the debs
after installing, in case they are needed for other network installs!! (No
need to keep the ones on the CD because they can obviously be re-used, but
for goodness sake keep any downloaded ones!!)
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