Bug#229271: no lilo go back, too much crap installed, 75% wait, /tmp-Xhack
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: daily from 2004-01-09
http://gluck.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/20040109/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: 2.4.23-1-386
Method: booted off daily CD image
Machine: Standard PC
Processor: Pentium II
Memory: 384 MB
Root Device: First with SCSI, then with IDE (both worked)
Output of lspci:
50:tbm@unjust: ~] lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2064W [Millennium] (rev 01)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 22)
00:0c.0 RAID bus controller: CMD Technology Inc PCI0680 (rev 02)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
51:tbm@unjust: ~] lspci -n
00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03)
00:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03)
00:07.0 Class 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
00:07.1 Class 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
00:07.2 Class 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
00:07.3 Class 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
00:0a.0 Class 0300: 102b:0519 (rev 01)
00:0b.0 Class 0200: 1011:0009 (rev 22)
00:0c.0 Class 0104: 1095:0680 (rev 02)
00:0e.0 Class 0200: 10b7:9050
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] didn't leave an option
Reboot: [O] too much crap was installed
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
1. Progress bar "Installing base packages..." wait at 75%
2. LILO offers no "go back"
3. Too many packages installed
4. A filed /tmp-Xhack existed, which certainly shouldn't exist.
5. loop in base-config (setting up APT)
The installation went without any problems. Just minor things which
have been reported already, and the two following issues:
1. At "Installing base packages..." the progress bar stayed at 75% for
quite a while. I think this has been reported before, but I don't
think it's fixed yet. This PC isn't particularly slow, but it waited
there for quite a while. It would be nice to have a better update of
the progress bar. I stored the output of "ps aux" in a file in case
you don't know what's going on at 75%.
2. One thing I'm not sure has been reported before is the LILO
installer only gave you the choice to "continue". There was no "go
back", which is a pity because I really wanted to install GRUB
instead.
After the install:
3. Too many packages are installed. There is crap like eject which
I'll certainly never need. I understand you need this during d-i to
eject the CD, but please remove it right at the beginning of
base-config. This package doesn't have to be on every installation.
Also, kernel-pcmcia-* & pcmcia-cs was installed even though this is a
PC without PCMCIA. Please only install this if PCMCIA is available.
libopencdk8 & libgnutls7 was installed, even though nothing depends on
it? Also, ash was installed (along with dash), even though ash is
just a transition package for dash.
ipchains was installed? *boggle*
fdutils was installed (the PC doesn't have a floppy drive...).
read-edid & mdetect: this should be removed after X configuration (or
are they needed to run X? I think they're only for configuration,
right).
[I'm aware these are issues in base-config, debootstrap and probably
others. Please clone/reassign as appropriate.]
4. A file /tmp-Xhack exists after install, which certainly shouldn't exist.
5. There was a loop in base-config when setting up APT. I chose
"ftp", chose "enter information" (or what it's called), entered the
name and directory of a FTP Debian server, and when I pressed okay I
was back in the menu where I can choose between cdrom/http/ftp/etc.
It wouldn't let me continue... so I pressed "cancel".
Also, the apt sources line said "main contrib" (two space, should be
one). And why is contrib in there anyway?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux unjust.cyrius.com 2.4.23-1-386 #1 Sun Nov 30 16:49:14 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US
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Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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