Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Beta 2. Got it from gluck.debian.org.
uname -a: Linux pcwin174 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Monday, March 15 2004; 9:00 am.
Method: The 'netinst' iso. First try: LILO option 'net'. This failed
miserably (see below). Second try: LILO default (hit enter at LILO
prompt); used mirror ftp.nl.debian.org.
Machine: Dell OptiPlex GX115
Processor: Pentium III
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: Maxtor 51023H2 (IDE drive)
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/hda6 / reiserfs 4.5G
/dev/hda1 /boot ext2 100M
/dev/hda5 none swap 500M
/dev/hda7 /mnt reiserfs 4.5G # Files from old redhat installation
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
Base System Installation Checklist:
first try second try
Initial boot worked: [O] [O]
Configure network HW: [O] [O]
Config network: [O] [O]
Detect CD: [E] [O]
Load installer modules: [O] [O]
Detect hard drives: [E] [O]
Partition hard drives: [ ] [ ]
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:
First try, as I said above, I entered 'net' at the LILO prompt. Hey,
this was to be a net install, wasn't it? But that went utterly
wrong. In the dialog environment it kept complaining that it couldn't
find my cdrom drive, then I said no problem fetch the stuff from the
net, I configured the mirror I wanted to use, then it said Ok, but I
can't find your cdrom drive. It took me a while until I understood
that that was not a problem, and it was inconvenient anyway. The same
thing happened after I reconfigured eth0 as static (which was not
strictly necessary because DHCP works on our network too, but anyway.)
Then it turned out that it didn't really detect my hard drive either,
and from virtual terminal 3 I saw that there was no ReiserFS module
for the selected kernel and it also wasn't in /proc/filesystems. So I
decided it wasn't going to work. I did see that there were reiserfs
modules for the other kernels though, so I entered shutdown -r now and
decided to just hit enter at the LILO prompt.
This time, everything went smoothly. No problems at all. Nice
installer.
--
Erik Postma
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