Bug#235398: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 28 Feb 2004, http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: didn't get that far
Date: 28 Feb 2004, 7 p.m. MST
Method: Installed using "net" option off of netinst CD.
Tried using distro.ibiblio.org as the source. No proxy
Machine: Generic Desktop with ASUS P5A-B MB
Processor: AMD K6-2 500
Memory: 256 MB, SDRAM
Root Device: IDE, Western Digital 2.5 GB drive
Root Size/partition table: Don't have exact details but approximately
74 MB ext3 /boot
256 MB swap
2.2 GB ext3 /
Output of lspci: Not available
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: [E]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Basically, it completely downloaded all of the packages and then died
when trying to extract either the "perl-base" package or one of the "ppp"
packages. The installation log had the error:
tar: Unrecognized file
It seems like the is a problem with one of these packages. I tried several
different mirrors, but I always got the same result. Otherwise, I really
liked the net-based install.
I did finally get something working on my machine, but the "linux" boot
option didn't work out fully. It died saying that one of the installer's
files was corrupted (unfortunately, I didn't write down which one). So,
with the basic "linux" option (or just hitting Enter) the installation
didn't get very far---it died during the "Load installer modules" stage.
The option that seemed to work was the "linux DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium".
It seemed to have a minor problem that the installer complained that
a "modprobe" of an ide-related module didn't succeed (it seemed like
"disk-ide" or something like that). Despite the problem, it seemed to
work pretty well.
Thanks for all of your efforts,
Paul Graham
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psgraham@losalamos.com
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