Bug#238989: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: March 15 2004
http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux debian.bigboy.net 2.6.3 #1 Thu Feb 26 19:18:42 PST 2004
i686 GNU/Linux
Method: Installed from 100meg base install cd image
Booted from install CD
Machine: Dell Latitude C600
Processor: PIII
Memory: 256 SODIM
Root Device: hda7 ide
Root Size/partition table:
Partition Table for /dev/hda
---Starting--- ----Ending---- Start Number
of # Flags Head Sect Cyl ID Head Sect Cyl Sector Sectors
-- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------- -----------
1 0x00 1 1 0 0x83 254 63 11 63 192717
2 0x80 0 1 12 0x06 254 63 254 192780 3903795
3 0x00 0 1 255 0x83 254 63 740 4096575 7807590
4 0x00 0 1 741 0x05 254 63 1023 11904165 27165915
5 0x00 1 1 741 0x82 254 63 764 63 385497
6 0x00 1 1 765 0x83 254 63 1023 63 20482812
7 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 6297417
Output of lspci:
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) 00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
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 ES1983S Maestro-3i
PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10) 00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com
Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus (rev 10) 00:10.1 Communication
controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA
compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev
02)
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:
This was a super installation, everything went very well. I was
surprised to see that my wireless network connection was detected as the
beta2 installer was not able to do that. The addition of a full
featured partition tool is a big plus - one that really sets this
installer apart from it's earlier versions. This is a great installer.
If I wanted to point out one weakness in the installation process it
would have to be the difficulty that multilevel multisection dialogs
present to the user. One example of this is the partitioning dialogs.
Many of these dialogs have three input sections - one to bring up a
secondary dialog - one to display an action menu - and one at the
bottom to display action 'buttons'. At first I was confused by this,
but even after figuring it out I was still uncomfortable with it.
Perhaps, from a ui standpoint, each of these dialogs should be encased
in their own line boxes. This would at least visually separate them,
which would reinforce that they are separate inputs that perform
separate actions.
Thanks goes to all who have seen this project through and will continue
to improve on this solid foundation!
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