Bug#232116: success, but a partitioning problem (and some Dutch translation remarks)
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 20040208 sarge-i386-netinst.iso
Date: 20040210 2100
Method: boot from CD, apt install with ftp
Machine: Asus Pundit
Processor: Pentium 4 2.66 GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM, 160GB HDD
Root Device: /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/hda1: 10GB /
/dev/hda2: 512MB swap
/dev/hda3: 150GB ext3 /mythtv
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: [O]
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
I did another Dutch install on a new machine.
I made this remark before, but no harm in repeating it: if I select
nl_BE, I should get be-latin1 as default keyboard.
At some point during hardware detection, my screen stayed blue without a
dialog for quite a long time, I would have thought it was hanging if the
CD drive wasn't making a lot of noise. I was using an old, flaky drive,
maybe it was having trouble reading some files.
When I selected my drive for partitioning, I got a message about no
partition table being present (this was a brand new, unused disk), and
if I wanted to start with an empty one. Selecting yes or no didn't make
a difference, I got a red screen telling me partitioning failed. I
switched to console, started up fdisk, made a new empty DOS partition
table, and quit fdisk. After this cfdisk ran without a problem.
The translation of some items in the bottom menu in cfdisk is too long
for the [ ] brackets, and the right bracket gets overwritten, and one of
the entries (maximiser I think) is chopped off. This doesn't look very
nice.
After writing my table in cfdisk, it gave me a message at the bottom of
the screen, but it was covered in the middle by the help text for the
[bootable] menu item. I could make out something like "No primary
partition ... not boot"
When selecting the filesystems, the dialog talks about
wisselgeheugenruimte, but when you select this, the partition is
indicated as "swap". A new user might not know that both terms mean the
same thing. This makes me wonder: do you need to make a partition type
82 in cfdisk to be able to make it a swap partition later? The types are
not translated in cfdisk in any case.
I then got another blue screen without dialog while it was creating my
filesystems. A dialog telling you to be patient would be nice here.
GRUB dialog translation: "niew-geïnstalleerd" should be "net geï
nstalleerd". This is consistent with later occurences of the term.
"schif" should be "schijf"
"gebruiken wilt" should be "wilt gebruiken"
The final screen before rebooting:
"veranderd" should be "verandert"
"op-maat-gemaakte" should be "op maat gemaakte"
"het installatiemedia" should be "het installatiemedium"
Then my system rebooted.
I got a message: GRUB loading stage 1.5
Then 15-20 seconds nothing. I was ready to hit the reset button and grab
a rescue disk, and I got another message:
GRUB loading, please wait...
Again, 15-20 seconds nothing, but I had some more patience this time.
The GRUB screen finally appeared, and booted automatically.
When rebooting after the installation was complete, I didn't get these
long pauses, so it's a mystery what was going on.
In the top left of the screen there's an untranslated "Debian
Configuration" title
There's a text somewhere with a quite long sentence: "Het zal starten
met de basis -- ... -- daarna zal het ..." I would split this sentence
into "Het zal starten met de basis: ... . Daarna zal het ..."
Also change "extra software nodig om" in "extra software die nodig is
om"
When selecting the timezone, Europe still gave me Australian cities. I
though this was fixed at the time of my previous report a month ago?
The apt configuration had Yes/No options in stead of Ja/Nee. I didn't
notice (but didn't really check) this in other dialogs.
In the "software selectie methode" dialog, "voorgedefiniëerd" should be
"voorgedefinieerd"
Also the aptitude explanation doesn't fit the screen.
The pcmcia-cs and exim4 dialogs are untranslated.
Final screen: The sentence "U kunt nu aanmelden ... prompt" is missing a
full stop.
One thing I noticed after the install is that I wasn't asked if I wanted
stable, testing or unstable. Do I need to select expert to get this
question?
Bastiaan
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Bastiaan Van Eeckhoudt
bastiaan[at]vaneeckhoudt[dot]net
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