Bug#242829: installation report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Beta-3
uname -a: Linux x 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: April 5, 2004.
Method: 100MB CD image
Machine: Dell 2650
Processor: Dual 3Ghz Xeon
Memory: 1GB
Root Device: SCSI Hardware RAID
Root Size/partition table:
Name Part Type FS Type Size (MB) Mountpoint
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sda1 Primary Dell Utility 41.13
sda2 Primary Linux LVM 2689.67 [[vg01]]
sda3 Primary Linux ReiserFS 106.93 /boot
sda5 Logical Linux ReiserFS 10479.01 /usr
sda6 Logical Linux swap 2089.23
sda7 Logical Linux ReiserFS 1077.52 /
sda8 Logical Linux ext3 1077.52 /tmp
sda9 Logical Linux ReiserFS 10479.01 /var
sda10 Logical Linux LVM 265553.17 [[vg01]]
LVM vg01 has ReiserFS /home as its only contents.
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20-HE Host Bridge (rev 32)
00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20-HE Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20-HE Host Bridge
00:04.0 Class ff00: Dell Computer Corporation Remote Access Controller:ERA or ERA/O
00:04.1 Class ff00: Dell Computer Corporation Remote Access Controller
00:04.2 Class ff00: Dell Computer Corporation BMC/SMIC device
00:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
00:0f.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CSB5 South Bridge (rev 93)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB5 IDE Controller (rev 93)
00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05)
00:0f.3 ISA bridge: ServerWorks GCLE Host Bridge
00:10.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 05)
00:10.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 05)
00:11.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 05)
00:11.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 05)
03:06.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
04:08.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 0309 (rev 01)
04:08.1 RAID bus controller: Dell Computer Corporation PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3 (rev 01)
05:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec RAID subsystem HBA (rev 01)
05:06.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec RAID subsystem HBA (rev 01)
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:
I wanted to use the existing partition table, just reformat each partition. It seemed to take an excessive number of key presses to accomplish this.
Also, after I painstakingly setup all the partitions to erase and use, the right partition type (same one it was already formatted at, but i needed to reselect!), and the right mountpoint, I selected the "Setup LVM" menu option. This worked very nicely (very simple setup, NICE!), but then the installer took me back to the partitioner menu (with the added LVM partition) and it had forgotten all the stuff i had just entered!
But, overall *VERY* impressed with the ease of install. I did essentially the same install with the old debian installer about 7 months ago, and it was much more painful, consisting of manual LVM setup, among other issues.
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