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ia64 install report



INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: 

http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/ia64/daily/sarge-ia64-businesscard.iso
dated 08-JAN-2004 15:02

uname -a: 
Date: Jan 8th 2004, 23:20 GMT
Method: businesscard.iso, specified 'testing', local http mirror
Machine: HP i2000 proto
Processor: Itanium (dual)
Memory: 1G
Root Device: SCSI
Root Size/partition table: 100MB FAT16 for EFI, 1990MB ext3 for '/'.

Output of lspci:

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
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:    [O]
Reboot:                 [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

Two issues:

a) The iso has kernel-installer_0.045_all.udeb, even though 0.046 is in
the archive.  Presumably we are stuck with that until Joeyh forces 0.046
in to testing.  As a result, it installed a 2.4.19 kernel for Itanium,
rather than choosing Itanium or Mckinley 2.4.20 based on /proc/cpuinfo.

b) At some point during loading the installer modules, it spews a load
of text over the screen, such as:

 Unknown localized field:
 Description-fr.ISO-8859-15: Aucune partition de dmarrage dtecte

That doesn't seem to cause a problem though.


I checked that the sym53c8xx_2 module jbailey wanted was available, so I
think we can say ia64 is ready for beta2.  Would be very nice if someone
else could test though.

Richard



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