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Bug#227988: installation-reports: beta 2 report, some minor problems and one suggestion



Package: installation-reports
Version: beta 2
Severity: normal

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: beta2 from
  http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux nahoo 2.6.1 #1 Fri Jan 9 16:43:42 CET 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Thu Jan 15 23:00:29 CET 2004
Method: from a cd using the netinst iso image.

Machine: generic PC
Processor: i686
Memory: 512Mb
Root Device: IDE  /dev/hdb (no IDE disc in hda, only hdb)
Root Size/partition table: 
Disk /dev/hdb: 3228 MB, 3228696576 bytes
128 heads, 63 sectors/track, 782 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 = 4128768 bytes
 
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1   *           1         727     2931232+  83  Linux
/dev/hdb2             728         782      221760   82  Linux swap

/dev/hdb1 is mounted in / as ext3.

Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 04)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 04)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
02:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07)
02:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt879 Video Capture (rev 02)
02:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt879 Audio Capture (rev 02)
02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-U / ABP960-U (rev 03)


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:

I think the partitioning is still a little rough around the edges, for example,
instead of showing the real name (/dev/ide/host0/bus0...) d-i could show only
"Hard Disc 1", so newbies don't get confused with devfs notation.  I think d-i
could do the same with two disc in the same bus, and just show "Hard Disc 1" and
"Hard Disc 2", decoding the /dev... for the user when possible, if the scheme is
too complicated, then print all the /dev... entries.  Just and idea for you.

The debconf question about taskel/aptitude/deselect... didn't fit well on the
screen, maybe the culprit is related with the Spanish translation, I don't
know.

In tasksel I've selected X window System (maybe the name it's not exactly this)
and it installs pcmcia-cs, which is bad because my computer don't have pcmcia, so
it's a waste of time and leads to no necessary questions, the auto detection should
deal with this better. Also the xfree auto detection fails, it selects a "vesa"
driver, but I have a Nvidia, so the correct driver is "nv".

The installer doesn't set up /etc/fstab correctly, this file has the following
lines:

/dev/hdb1       /       ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro      0 1
/dev/hdb2       none    swap    sw      0 0
/dev/fd0        /floppy auto    rw,user,noauto  0 0
/dev/hdc        /cdrom  auto    ro,user,noauto  0 0
proc    /proc   proc    defaults        0 0


It lacks the two SCSI cdroms attached to the advansys SCSI adapter (the SCSI
adapter was detected by the d-i correctly.)

Although I've selected Spanish as my language at the start of the installation,
but the console wasn't configure properly, I can't type the "�
Finally the machine doesn't power down after shutdown, loading manually the apm
module solve this.

That's all, keep on with your good work.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux nahoo 2.6.1 #1 Fri Jan 9 16:43:42 CET 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8




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