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Bug#229733: installation-reports: installation asus m2400n with scsi drive attached



Package: installation-reports
Version: beta2
Severity: normal


INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux debian 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 unknown
Date: 2004-01-20 10.30h (GMT+1)
Method: Booted from CD and installed base from it. the rest was downloaded automatically via


Machine: ASUS M2400N
Processor: Pentium-M
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: /dev/sda (external usb 2.0 drive; had to load ehci-hcd by hand)
Root Size/partition table:

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:     [E]
Partition hard drives:  [E]
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:
- detect hard drives:
  after loading ehci-hcd, the hardware detection had to be rerun. then i was
  prompted to choose from the existing partitions on the scsi-drive. it seemed
  like the ide-drive had vanished. only after cancelling the process, i got
  back to the menu and was able to choose "partition hard drives", where both,
  ide- and scsi-drive, appeared. "partition hard drives" was skipped after the
  partitions had been found on the scsi-drive, while the ide-drive had no
  partitions at all (factory clean).

- partition hard drives:
  i wonder about the use of "finish" and "cancel" (dunno exactly the english
  terms used here, since german was chosen as install language). "cancel" is
  somewhat the same like "prev" and "finish" is somewhat the same like "next"
  which already exist on the bottom of the page.

- install boot loader:
  + for the translation team (german), there is an inconsistency:
    installation des bootloaders lilo...

  + also there should be an example what should be typed into the field in
    case some user does not want the boot sector to be installed in the mbr.
    people unfamiliar with devfs do not know what to type in, then.

- booting new system:
  this somewhat failed.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux fuchi 2.6.1-ben1-mh2 #1 Wed Jan 14 16:57:43 CET 2004 ppc
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8@euro




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