installation report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/i386/20040310/netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux kalypso 2.6.3 #1 Wed Mar 10 22:33:41 CET 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
(first thing I did after the upgrade, was update to 2.6)
Date: 2004-04-09 18:15 GMT
Method: booted from cdrom, netinst from ftp.nl.debian.org, no proxy
Machine: Compaq Armada E500
Processor: P3-700
Memory: 320MB
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: 10GB disk,
fdisk output:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 25 188968+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 26 92 506520 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 93 1299 9124920 8e Linux LVM
mount output:
/dev/hda1 on / type reiserfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devfs on /dev type devfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg-home on /home type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg-scratch on /scratch type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg-tmp on /tmp type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg-usr on /usr type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg-var on /var type reiserfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
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 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E (rev 10)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 09)
00:09.1 Serial controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [E]
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: [0]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
While autodetecting the nic, the e100pro driver, which doesn't work very
well on this particular chipset revision, is loaded instead of e100.
The first time I tried to configure the network, I got a dialog saying
that no DHCP server could be found (or something along those lines).
However, ifconfig showed that I had in fact been assigned a nice dynamic
ip.
I was a bit confused by the "go back" button, which doesn't go back,
but rather gives some kind of "advanced" menu.
I was a bit confused by the way to specify a swap partition: it would
make more sense to me to have a "use as swap" option under "Usage
method" instead of first having to choose "format the partition" and
then "swap space" under "File System" (although technically perhaps
mkswap is really the same as formatting). Also, does it really make
sense to have a bootable flag on a swap partition?
After I set up my partitions and pressed "Continue", for some reason the
installer warped me back to before the partioner stage, so that all my
partions I just entered, were gone. After three tries I found out that
this happened because I chose "Continue" instead of "Finish partitioning
and write changes to disk".
When creating LV's, the syntax "1GB" doesn't work (should be "1G"),
while in the partionioning phase, the "1GB" syntax worked just fine.
It would be nice, too, if the user input could be checked in advance,
so that a nice error message can be displayed.
It would be nice if the name of the partition that is currently being
edited, is shown in the partition setup screen.
Why are all the settings of the LVM partitions (fs, mount point, etc)
erased when the PVM editor is started (even if no lvm settings are
changed, or only new LVs are created)?
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Kind regards,
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