Package: installation-reports The following installation report was posted to debian-boot, and, according to my records, never followed up on. I am putting it in the BTS so it will not be lost. ----- Forwarded message from Markus Amersdorfer <der.plusch@subnet.at> ----- From: Markus Amersdorfer <der.plusch@subnet.at> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:47:21 +0100 To: tfheen@debian.org Subject: "INSTALL REPORT" d-i X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: 20040103, http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 unknown Date: 20040119, 14:30 Method: Booted from CDROM, nothing special. Machine: HP Pavilion k345 See http://produkte.hp-austria.at/catalog/1065 for a link to specifications. Changes made to the machine: Additional RAM, additional NIC (with Realtek 8139D). Processor: Athlon XP 2800+ Memory: 786 MB DDR-RAM (PC2700) Root Device: IDE (Primary Master) Root Size/partition table: First partition (60 GB) NTFS with HP's default OS. Second (also primary) partition (10 GB) "Linux" (I created this partition with the d-i's "cfdisk" program). Output of lspci: (Using Knoppix 3.3) 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge 00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:07.0 Communication controller: Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem 00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II](rev 74) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) 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: [E] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: 1. Problem: ----------- The problem occured after partitioning the disk and choosing "Finish": The install process just "hung". Watching kernel messages on ALT+F3 (I think), it said the following: Using /lib/modules/..../jbd.o Using /lib/modules/..../ext3.o Using /lib/modules/..../reiserfs.o Using /lib/modules/..../jfs.o insmod: xfs.o: no module by that name found modprobe: failed to load module xfs Checking /lib/modules/.../, I couldn't find xfs.o by hand either. Pressing CTRL+C resulted in "nothing" once and in a "Kernel Ooops" twice. 2. Problem (general Linux-Problem!?): ------------------------------------- The VIA-Rhine-II NIC (onboard) is not properly supported by the kernel. Though it is recognized and the module is loaded, the NIC doesn't work (no DHCP, etc.). As I had the same problems with the Mandrake 9.2 install CD, I think it's just a Linux kernel problem, so nothing directly related to d-i. 3. "HCI": --------- "Configure the Network" should IMHO show the kernel-module assigned to the available NICs listed. This way it would be possible to distinguish between 2 different NICs (such as is the case in my machine: Via Rhine and Realtek). Currently, it only says "eth0" and "eth1", one has to guess here ... 4. "HCI": --------- In case of DHCP-failure, it would be great if one could go back to the NIC-menu without having to go through the manual network-settings and finally have a - for an unexperienced user probably quite overwhelming - menu of all possibly d-i steps. Anyway, many thanks for your great and hard work! Cheers, Markus A. -- The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. <Cpt. Picard, "The Drumhead", StarTrek TNG> http://homex.subnet.at/~max/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- see shy jo
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