Bug#231507: Installation report
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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 20040117
uname -a: Linux debian-test.xxxx.nl 2.4.24-1-686 #1 Tue Jan 6 21:29:44
EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Feb 6, 2004
Method: Boot from floppy, network install from ftp://download.xs4all.nl
mirror. Non proxied.
Machine: OEM
Processor: Intel PIII 450Mhz
Memory: 128MB
Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda1
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 4311 MB, 4311465984 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 524 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
~ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 486 3903763+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 487 524 305235 82 Linux swap
Output of 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)
00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
(rev 74)
00:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/DX or /GX (rev 01)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [E]
Mount partitions: [E]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
A few problems and/or suggestions:
* (suggestion)
~ I filed a request for this. Would it be an option to begin with a
~ HTTP/FTP choice, when selecting a mirror? When you select the mirror
~ from the menu (or when your first attempt to choose a valid mirror
~ failed) you get this screen. But the first time you immediatly get to
~ choose the country.
* ( grave bug (?) )
~ I couldn't use the newest daily builds (I tried was 20040131 up to
~ 20040204). These disks don't detect my IDE disk, so I can't see the
~ partition table or install the base-system. Detection of hardware
~ doesn't report any errors, but it doesn't see my disk.
* ( grave bug (?) )
~ Beta2 and 20040117 detect my disk, but installing the LILO bootloader
~ returns to the same screen, without changing the bootrecord(s). I
~ traced the problem to the kernel-image. My /target/ doesn't contain a
~ valid kernel-image package. So /boot/vmlinuz-* doesn't exist. Because
~ of this, LILO fails (without an error message, it just returns to the
~ same inputscreen, causing a infinite loop). And Grub stops at 80% and
~ draws the menu on top of the Grub dialog.
~ After installing the kernel-image (kernel-image-2.4.24-1-686 in my
~ case), I could run both Lilo and Grub without any problems.
Booting the machine went without further problems.
Eric
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