Bug#234322: installation-reports: HP/Compaq nc6000 Laptop
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Debian-installer-version: daily snapshot dated 20040220 from the d-i website
uname -a: Linux laptop 2.4.24-1-386 #1 Wed Feb 18 19:44:56 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Sat, Feb 21 2004 18:25 UTC+1
Method: CD based installation of the base system, updated to unstable later on
Machine: HP/Compaq nc6000 Laptop
Processor: Pentium M 1.6 GHz
Memory: 512 MB DDR
Root Device: IDE hda: FUJITSU MHT2040AH, ATA DISK drive
Root Size/partition table:
laptop:/lib/modules# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5168 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1355 10243768+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2033 5167 23700600 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 1356 1969 4641840 83 Linux <- /
/dev/hda4 1970 2032 476280 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1970 2032 476248+ 82 Linux swap
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB2 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4e50
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7223
02:06.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7223
02:06.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7110
02:06.3 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7223
02:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 165e (rev 03)
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: [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
Comments/Problems:
I needed to use a snapshot as the built-in broadcom network card is not supported in the beta 2 release (newer kernel required)
- selecting a network card driver
instead of only listing the module names, a list of cards supported by each
driver should be available. only by reading Bdale's installation report
using a nc4000 i figured which driver i needed (tg3 isn't very descriptive).
- installing GRUB
in console3 (the installation log) it says that installing GRUB can take
a long time. This should better be shown in the installer window.
I hit ESC, CTRL-C accidentally before reading this note.
- list of steps in the installation process
it'd be nice if each item in this list would get marked once it's done.
so when going back to the main menu before rebooting it would be easy
to check any missing steps (if skipping one step is actually possible)
Issues after 1st reboot (2nd stage installer)
- Timezone selection is too us-centric ;-)
Otherwise the basic installation went smoothly. Congrats to the developers!
default X 4.3.0-2 only works with the vesa driver. Use ATI's radeon/firegl
drivers to enable other features like xv.
Bye, Stefan
-- System Information:
Debian Release: sid
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux asterix 2.4.20-wolk4.2s #1 Mon Jun 30 16:33:41 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE@euro)
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