Bug#238875: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Debian-Installer beta 3 released
uname -a: Linux sarge 2.4.25-1-i386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004
GNU/Linux
Date: Mar 19th 2004 3 pm CET
Method: Boot with installer CD, Installation through internet connection to
ftp from fht-esslingen.de - no proxy use
Machine: VMWare 4.5
Processor: Athlon 2000+
Memory: 256 MB (in VM)
Root Device: VMWare Scsii
Root Size/partition table: around 1.9 GB for / - 150MB swap
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
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:
- installer didn't detect that the / partition was too small for the
installation - it also didn't tell me how much space it would need, so I had
to install on "good luck" which failed
- after installation I ran base-config again... and without me chosing
anything it installed packages from woody!!! In /etc/apt/source.conf there
was everything commented out except security.debian.... stable....!
- later I edited source.conf and ran apt-get dist-upgrade... now it
installed again testing
- running base-config again... just for looking at it... and it continued
installing things
- X-server doesn't run
- I give it up and try to install from scratch. Although I have a lot of
experience in Linux, FreeBSD and so on, I don't know much of debian... so I
am sorry if my explanations are not filled up with debian-internal knowledge
- Well, a positive thing.... the new installer is much better than the one
of woody - but still it's harder to get Debian to run than FreeBSD :(
Greetings,
Oliver
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