Bug#244099: Sarge Installation info
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: March 25,
2004, 100mb ISO image from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
uname -a: Linux bottom 2.4.22-1-386
#9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: April 02 2004
Method: Installed from "100 MB
CD image, includes Debian base"
Machine: ECS K7S5A Pro Mainboard, Matrox
G200 Marvel AGP
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.4GHz, 266FSB,
pre Athlon XP version
Memory: 256MB CAS 2.5 DDR 2100 RAM
Root Device: IDE: 1 24x CD-ROM
Generic
SCSI: AMI Megaraid Enterprise 1200 Series 428, 3 channel,
32MB RAM
4x9GB UW SCSI 7200 RPM SCSI Drives, 2xSeagate,
2xIBM, RAID 5
Panasonic CD-Recorder
Root Size/partition table: All on RAID
5 device
Filesystem
1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6
25624024 1773360 22549000 8% /
tmpfs
128592 0
128592 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1
101086 8684 87183
10% /boot
Output of lspci: pcilib: Cannot
open /sys/bus/pci/devices
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated
Systems [SiS] 735 Host (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated
Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated
Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon
Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07)
0000:00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon
Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07)
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon
Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0)
0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller:
Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon
Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
0000:00:0f.0 Unknown mass storage controller:
American Megatrends Inc. MegaRAID 428 Ultra RAID Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies,
Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 50)
0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies,
Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 50)
0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies,
Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller:
Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (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: The new installer
is very easy to use and very slick! It is a huge improvement
over previous renditions. There
would only be a couple of very tiny things I would suggest as
possible improvements:
1 - It would be nice to have an option
during install, after the network hardware is up and working
to select an IP address
even if DHCP configuration worked for this portion of the install.
2 - During initial install, if TaskSel
is used, an option to allow me to open the "tasks" to
individually configure
the packages under each task, as well as change to whether the packages
are marked upgradable.
3 - Is ther a possibility to add in
(I'm pretty sure this was a Corel or Caldera thing) a way to
allow the configuration
of kernel modules before the second reboot during the install? That
would make it easier
to configure some of the "stranger" devices and kernel modules
and a few
of the more commone ones
like sound. Maybe make it an optional item on the menu that is
normally skipped?
Biggest thing I can say is I am amazed
how far you have come in such a short time with this installer!
Maybe as I get to learn the systems
better, I can contribute more than just suggestions, but it's been
a long time since I took my university
course "C and Unix Programming," so I'm more than just a little
rusty. I spend my time as a infrastructure
systems analyst and that's the viewpoint I'm writing from.
Regretably most of my coding time is
writing shell scripts in _vbscript_ (yes, I am a masochist, but
only because my job forces me into
it) and REXX. Hopefully I'll get enough time to try to knock the
dust off of my shell scripting docs
sometime soon.
Install logs and other status info
is available in /var/log/debian-installer/. - let me know if you
want any of them.
Once you have filled out this report,
mail it to submit@bugs.debian.org.
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