Bug#243709: installation-reports: old i686 desktop; mostly serious problems
Package: installation-reports
Severity: minor
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso
uname -a: Linux groay 2.6.3-1-686 #2 Tue Feb 24 20:24:38 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 18 March 2004
Method: Booted from business card CDrom image. Network install from
mirror.ox.ac.uk with no proxy.
Machine: White-box PII
Processor: Pentium II (Deschutes) 350 MHz
Memory: 64MB
Root Device: IBM-DTTA-351010, ATA DISK drive - /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table: 4GB (only relevant partition mounted)
Output of lspci:
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)
00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 41)
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 disk partitioner does not tell you which partition is being edited,
which strikes me as a potential cause of nasty accidents.
The installer seemed to install pcmcia-cs without checking whether it was
necessary.
The installer asked for the mirror to use after the reboot when I'd already
told it as I was installing base from network.
No detection of CPU-type? Installer installed a -i386 kernel. Perhaps it
could also offer a choice between 2.4 and 2.6?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.3-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
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