Bug#242561: Installation report: Nearly Newbie installs debian quite sucessfull, some observations
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/i386/20040406/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso
uname -a: Linux kerkyon 2.4.25-1-686 #1 Tue Feb 24 10:55:59 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Wed Apr 7 13:09:53 CEST 2004
Method:
How did you install?
Network install, static IP, german locales
What did you boot off?
IDE-CDROM
If network install, from where?
ftp.de.debian.org
Proxied?
No.
Machine: A nearly selfbuild machines from rests laying around
Processor: Pentium II (Deschutes) 450 MHz
Memory: 256 M
Root Device:
IBM DDRS-34560W scsi drive, connected to an aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/sda1 * 1 486 3903763+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 487 555 554242+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sdb1 1 91 730926 82 Linux swap
/dev/sdb2 92 555 3727080 83 Linux
sda1: /
sdb2: /home
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 02)
00:07.0 ISA 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 02)
00:08.0 Multimedia video controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 2 (rev 02)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900B-Combo [Etherlink XL Combo] (rev 04)
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 01)
00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7880U (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 01)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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]
Comments/Problems:
The installation was done by an not so well know test person, this is a list of
my observations:
- While entering IP-Numbers, it would be useful to have the keypad comma use as
a colon, not comma (even if you select german keyboard layout)
- This computer has two disc drives, the automatic partitioner only used one;
having 1GB for /root and 2 for /home was in this case a bad choice.
- while doing a manual partitioning we couldn't determine, what the symbols
between the size of the partition and the filesystem mean ("what does that
strawbery with legs mean?")
- The testperson was a little bit confused, when he saw something like
"choosing kernel image to install" for a few seconds, and then without any
choice (just after one second) the installer continued with the installation
of a kernel
- while beeing at that point: The test person was confused about the
"abbrechen" (cancel) button, he was looking for a "zurueck" (back) button
- while creating a new user, the thought, that his entry would replace the
realname "Debian User" and login "debian", he disliked to backspace
everything.
- using tasksel, he got a little bit confused about the navigation with the
arrow keys, but he finaly got it (allthough he thought he would need to
install the x-task to get the desktop task with kde running)
- I wonder why the "would you like to participate" question of popularity
contest is on a seperate page. The testperson didn't read the long
explanation to the end, pressed okay, and then had that yes/no question,
without really knowing what to answer. There wasn't even a back button, so he
could get back, reread the text, and then answer correctly
- it would be useful, to display, what hardware has been detected
- finally I wonder, why the line for /dev/fd0 was commented out in the created
fstab
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