Bug#242776: [Successful Install] Dell Latitude CPx (650Mhz/PIII + 256MB Ram)
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: March 15th Install Image
(http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso)
uname -a: Linux satchel 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004
i686 GNU/Linux
Date: April 8th, 2004 12:05 PM
Method: 100 MB netinst CD. Booted off netinst CD. Network install used
'ftp.us.debian.org' as the mirror. No proxy was used.
Machine: Dell Latitude CPx J650GT (Laptop)
Processor: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) 650MHz
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE (IBM DJSA-210)
Root Size/partition table:
satchel:~# cat /etc/fstab
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda6 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda7 / xfs defaults 0 1
satchel:~# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 10.0 GB, 10056130560 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1222 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 828 6650878+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 829 1222 3164805 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 829 844 128488+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda6 * 845 850 48163+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 851 1222 2988058+ 83 Linux
Output of 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 PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
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)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 (rev 03)
02:00.1 Serial controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + 56k Modem (rev 03)
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 incredibly smoothly, requiring little intervention on
my part execpt manually creating the partitions (to use ext3 and xfs)
though even this was straight forward and intuitive.
The only issue I noticed was during 'grub-install' where the process
hung for a period of ~4 minutes due to probing for the floppy drive (the
bay still had the CD-Rom in.) Perhaps putting a message indicating that
this might be a problem or allowing the option of installing grub with '--no-floppy' might help people who have never experienced this before (or didn't know to ALT+F4 to see why.)
Otherwise, fantastic job all around. Kudos!
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