Bug#230396: installation-reports bug report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Beta 2. Downloaded Jan 30 2004 from
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i486
unknown
Date: Friday, January 30, 2004. 10:00AM
Method: Booted off floppies. Used the root, boot, and net.
Machine: IBM Valuepoint 100DX4
Processor: 486 DX4/100
Memory: 24MB
Root Device: 504MB IDE /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table: <Feel free to paste the full partition
table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.>
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [E]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Creating the floppies:
bootfloppy-image.img (boot)
floppy-image.img (root)
net_drivers-image.img (net drivers)
The root floppy has what I consider a vague name.
Also, the rawrite2.exe tool wouldn't read the image files from the hard
drive because the filename was too long. I had to rename and shorten
the image file names before I could create them under windows. Maybe
this is more of a problem with rawrite, but I digress.
Configure Network HW:
I have a D-Link DE-220 ISA Card. The address/irq is 0x300, 11.
The detection failed (its not a PNP card).
Choosing the module 'ne' also failed, because it did not prompt me to
enter the io port and irq.
I was able to get the card to work by using insmod with the correct
io/irq from the command line.
Load installer modules:
Some of the mirrors listed (I tried 2 in canada) don't have the
installer files. (At least thats whats returned in the error message)
While downloading files from the mirror, suddenly the installer quits to
a console screen with the message "Terminated" repeating over and again
once every few seconds.
This is as far as I got. I tried again a few times but invariably I end
up with this "Terminated" stuff. Looks like I'm running out of memory.
If I cat meminfo again and again between "terminated" messages, I can
see the last free bit of memory get sucked up and then- POOF: Terminated.
Hope this report helps. Any chance on getting the new installer to fit
inside 24MB of RAM?
Chris Leigh
Assistant LAN Admin
Faculty of Architecture
University of Manitoba
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