Bug#241266: Debian-Installer Beta 3 Install Report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 2004.03.30
[http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso]
uname -a: Linux casasviejas 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004
i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004.03.30-31 10PM-7:00AM
Method:
*Downloaded and burnt testing iso using friend's windows2000 laptop/nero
*Booted off cd-rom
*Performed network install
*Attempted to use ibiblio.org apt repository (my usual apt repository of choice), was unable to (several time outs and bad headers)
*Chose Purdue apt repository instead
*Used tasksel to select basic package groups
*Successfully downloaded, configured and installed files using apt
Machine: Home-built NVIDIA GEForce 4 MX 440
Processor: Athlon 1500 XP
Memory: 500mb
Root Device: IDE/hdb1
Root Size/partition table:
Device Mount Point FS Type Total Size Free Size
Mount Options
/dev/hdb1 / reiserfs 37675 MB
36269 MB defaults
/dev/hda1 /media reiserfs 38200 MB 9649 MB
defaults
proc /proc proc
defaults
/dev/hdb5 none swap
sw
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
KT266/A/333]
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333
AGP]
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24
[CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b)
00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX
440 AGP 8x] (rev a2)
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:
The install went fine; at one point, the installer thought it needed to
load the ide-scsi module, but that was only after I had navigated back
and forth through the menu several times. After install, I ran tasksel
overnight, downloaded everything I needed and tweaked my XF86Config-4 so
that it would work. I'm currently upgrading to unstable with Synaptic.
Some suggestions:
*I was presented with a choice between gdm and xdm. I'd prefer neither,
but that wasn't an option.
*XF86configuration is still shaky. I ended up running knoppix after I had
installed debian and (more or less) copying the knoppix XF86Config file
onto my hard drive. That worked quite well.
Congratulations on a fine piece of software. I'm pleased to say that I
had fewer problems installing debian today than I did installing
windows...the last time I installed windows.
Solidarity,
Will Maier
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