Bug#228889: marked as done (installation-reports: network installation report with small problems)
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From: "Frédéric Boiteux" <fboiteux@calistel.com>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: installation-reports: network installation report with small problems
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Package: installation-reports
Version: N/A; reported 2004-01-21
Severity: minor
Debian-installer-version: d-i beta2, downloaded from
/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images (vmlinuz and
netboot-initrd.gz files) [ 16 of january 2004 ]
uname -a: Linux Prem9a 2.4.22 #1 lun déc 22 17:05:03 CET 2003 i686 unknown
Date: Mon Jan 19 14:04:00 CET 2004
Method: network install : lan boot with DHCP/TFTP, which load network
grub menu.In this menu, I load the d-i kernel (vmlinuz) and initrd
(netboot-initrd.gz) from my local server (on the lan, no proxy).
Machine: an VMEbus card (VMIC 7751), 2 USB ports, without floppy nor
CD drives. The hard disk, IDE on hdc, is blank... I uses a USB
keyboard (no mouse).
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1266MHz
Memory: 512Mo
Root Device: The hard disk, IDE one, is on hdc [it's blank before install].
Root Size/partition table: I've tried automatic partitioning (to look at what it does ;-)...
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset PCI (rev 11)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset ISA Bridge (ICH2) (rev 11)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset IDE U100 (rev 11)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset USB (Hub A) (rev 11)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset SMBus (rev 11)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset USB (Hub B) (rev 11)
01:02.0 Network controller: Siemens Nixdorf AG DSCC4 WAN adapter (rev 21)
01:03.0 Bridge: Tundra Semiconductor Corp. CA91C042 [Universe] (rev 02)
01:04.0 Class ff00: VMIC: Unknown device 0004 (rev 01)
01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82559ER (rev 09)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82820 (ICH2) Chipset Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
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:
* first small problem : for a correct network install, we must now use
devfs (instead of beta1), so I have to use following options to the
d-i kernel :
ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram0 devfs=mount
[ + DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium if needed ]
[ the message linked in the documentation
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/doc/INSTALLATION-HOWTO
don't mention this ]
* I've tried 2 installations :
* basic installation :
- The installation works fine. I used a USB keyboard, and it works fine.
When I rebooted to do final install (base-config), the keyboard
wasn't recognized : please load following modules (perhaps it's not
exactly part of debian-installer, but it sucks !) :
hid
keybdev
mousedev
[ in initrd or in /etc/modules ...]
- During the hardware detection, I got a (false) error about
network card detection, because my motherboard has 2 same
ethernet controllers (Intel EEPRO 100) : the automatic network detection
program tried to 'insmod' e100 module 2 times, the second gives
an error (but harmless).
* more precise installation with DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium :
I used GRUB instead of LILO (works neat).
The installation worked fine.
After reboot :
- no USB keyboard (same remark as before).
- the network card wasn't configured (by DHCP), whereas in basic
installation it did ! logging in a console and doing 'dhclient eth0'
resolved the problem, but it was quite mysterious at first glance...
Aside these small things, it works great, good work !
Frédéric Boiteux
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux Prem3s 2.4.22-dev #1 lun déc 29 13:00:42 CET 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro
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Thanks for your installation report!
http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianInstallerNetbootPXE has full
instructions on PXE netbooting. It is referenced in the installation howto.
The USB issues are in the errata.
Scott.
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