Install Report - 11 Jan 2004 build (Toshiba A20)

[Michael Bonert <bonerti@mie.utoronto.ca>]

Debian-installer-version:
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11 Jan 2004

$ md5sum sarge-i386-netinst.iso
a32f7a32be8adff64514ec4e46a196e7  sarge-i386-netinst.iso
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Install Date:
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18 Jan 2004
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Method:
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netinst (CD)
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Hardware:
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Processor: Intel Pentium IV, 2.53GHz
Memory: 512 MB
uname -u: Linux schilling 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686
unknown

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Satellite A20 -- A20-31Q: 2.53GHz (PSA20C-0231Q)
http://www.toshiba.ca/web/specifications.grp?lg=en&section=1&group=1&product=1912&part=1772

Graphics Controller:
Trident CyberBlade 32MB shared. AGP bus 128 MHzx4 (AGP4x), 2D and 3D
graphics accelerator, Simultaneous Display Capable.

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Base System Installation Checklist:
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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
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Comments:
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The install went okay.

I had to kill the frame buffer:
prompt --
	linux debian-installer/framebuffer=false

Joey Hess knew this:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/debian-boot-200401/msg01530.html

Thanks Joey.  I don't know if I'd have figured it out myself.
(Seems like there is some room for improvement here.)

I think it is a shame that the install process still entails answering
so many questions (vis-a-vis installing Mandrake or Fedora).  Among other
things, I don't really care about my monitor's horizontal sync rate
(x-windows set-up).

I really love the fact that Debian is a community project and don't think
anything beats installing software with apt-get.  That said, I wish the
initial install were more straight forward.  The configuration required to
get things working is time consuming and at times frustrating.

Michael