Bug#226495: d-i 20040104 FAILED
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Daily build 20040104
uname -a: Linux moe 2.4.18-1-686 #4 Sat Nov 29 10:18:26 EST 2003 i686
unknown
Date: 2004-01-05
Method: Boot off of CD with no usable network connection
Machine: Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: /dev/hdc7
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 * 1 3570 28675993+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdc2 3571 3575 40162+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdc3 3576 3698 987997+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdc4 3699 7296 28900935 5 Extended
/dev/hdc5 3699 6738 24418768+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdc6 6739 6743 40131 83 Linux
/dev/hdc7 6744 7296 4441941 83 Linux
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3580 (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3584 (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3585 (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3581 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c2 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c4 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c7 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24cd (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset PCI (-M)
(rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24cc (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24ca (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c5
(rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c6 (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device
0324 (rev a1)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: BROADCOM Corporation: Unknown device 4401
(rev 01)
02:02.0 Network controller: BROADCOM Corporation: Unknown device 4320
(rev 02)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device ac44 (rev 02)
02:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8029
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [E]
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: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
My only network connection is through a Dell TrueMobile 1300 802.11g
card, with no Linux support. I get everyday access through LinuxAnt's
driverloader software, but this requires non-free nondistributable
components and a paid license key. As such, I was installing a pure base
system with no network connection.
During install, I was presented automatically with a network
configuration screen (I also have a perfectly usable but non-connected
10/100 card), which I had to go through with empty values because I had
no working connection. After every subsequent installer segment, I was
presented again with the network configuration screen, even though I had
canceled it many times before.
Ultimately, after "Install base system" completed, network configuration
came up again, but would run endlessly. I'd complete it with empty
values, it would do some 'modprobe' business, and it would start again.
At this point I gave up and quit the installer.
--
Joel Konkle-Parker
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