deb install report
Debian-installer-version:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/20040102/images/hd-media-image.img.gz
sarge-i386-netinst-iso from a mirror of the November 11th version
uname -a: n/a
Date: 4 Jan 2004
Method:
I mounted the 811 MB large thinkpad IBM Deskstar into a never TP (with
the help of a disk frame) as the second drive and allocated at the end a
128 MB large vfat partition. Put the hd-media-image there and then copied
the netinst-iso into (BTW this method is not directly documented, only
as a way to install with an USB stick. OK, it is not a big deal to
figure out, how to do this with disk partititons, but for newbies not
trivial. It would be better to have a chapter about doing the install
with the help of an other, already installed Linux system).
Installed grub to /dev/hdc, and data mined the kernel parameters from
the files of the unpacked hd-media-image files (it would be better if
they would be documented :).
Machine: old IBM Thinkpad 560
Processor: Pentium 90
Memory: 24MB
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: 680 MB (to be extended later with the vfat
install partition)
Output of lspci: n/a yet
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [0]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
After the hardware detection, the install loads the frame buffer module
(even there was a vga=normal parameter specified on the kernel line),
which fails (the hardware is so old, there is no frame buffer support).
This causes a loop
There is no USB, and I tried to specify a nousb on the kernel line, but
the hardware detection tried it...
I tried also video=off - without any effect.
I suggest to handle the specified kernel parameters properly, or to
document it better how to use them.
Regards,
--
Sándor Bárány
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if
you really make them think, they'll hate you. -- Don Marquis
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