Two install reports here; comments at bottom.
#1
Debian-installer-version: Jan 1st netinst from ~manty + Jan 30th hd-media
Method: boot from usb keychain. I forgot to update my hd-media image
though, so this does not test the Jan 1st initrd.
Machine: Linux Certified Lc2000 laptop, details in prior install reports
Processor: yes
Root Device: 30 gb IDE
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O] (boot with DEBCONF_DEBUG=5)
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O] (no cable attached, manual conifg worked)
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O] (ext3)
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O] (did not enter frame buffer on reboot, so
that's fixed)
base-config: [O] (priority wrong)
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
#2
Debian-installer-version: Jan 1st netinst from ~manty
Method: vmware cd install
Machine: vmware
Processor: yes
Root Device: 300 mb virtual SCSI
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O] (by dhcp; /etc/resolv.conf is ok so that's fixed)
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O] (reiserfs)
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O] (reiserfstools not installed..)
base-config: [O] (priority wrong)
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
All recent problems are fixed, except for:
- still old busybox, so 32 mb won't work (should be fixed in tommorrow's CD)
- still ?????????????? in languagechooser for arabic; Petter has a fix
that should go in tomorrow or this will be a FAQ
- parted is probably still broken, but that did not effect this install
(should be fixed in tomorrow's CD)
- base-config priority is still low; my hack to fix this did not quite
work. A new, working hack will be in the archive soon..
- pcmcia is still hosed on the laptop (not a surprise)
New problem:
After retrying with a fixed base-config priority hack, I found a hostname
problem. netcfg asks the hostname at medium priority, so it is not shown
by default, and defaults to "debian". base-config can also configure the
hostname, but base-config asks at priority medium if the hostname is
already set, so this is not shown either. The system ends up being called
"debian" with no prompt for hostname. Of all the possible hostnames to
have to grep around in /etc after the fact and change, "debian" has to be
the worst possible choice. :-P
I think the best fix for this would be to make netcfg ask at priority
high for a hostname. The other option is to make base-config ask at high
if the hostname is "debian", but to get this into beta 2 would delay the
beta by at least 3 days (testing propigation). Also, by the time we get
to base-config, the hostname has been encoded in more files than
base-config knows about (including: motd, pap-secrets, hosts).
I also think we should ask for a hostname if dhcp does not provide one,
instead of again defaulting to "debian".
If we don't fix this, it will need to go into the errata.
Everything else was slick. This is very very close to release quality, I
think, but needs one more day to stabalise, and of course some more
testing.
--
see shy jo
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