Bug#247228: beta 3 install report on Toshiba Portege M200 Tablet PC
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: beta 3 (downloaded Apr 26, 2004)
uname -a: Linux kryten 2.6.5-1-686 #5 Fri Apr 30 20:26:13 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Apr 26, 2004
Method: First attempt was booting off the DVD drive, which failed (see
below); second attempt was a netboot off of a computer running
Debian unstable, which worked.
Machine: Toshiba Portege M200 Tablet PC
Processor: Centrino (aka Pentium M)
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE (/dev/hda)
Root Size/partition table:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 56720252 2063348 51775648 4% /
tmpfs 258032 0 258032 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda1 is 1 GB of swap space; /dev/hda2 is 59 GB.
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 21)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 21)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 83)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go 5200] (rev a1)
0000:02:05.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller (rev 83)
0000:02:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 33)
0000:02:0d.0 System peripheral: Toshiba America Info Systems SD TypA Controller (rev 05)
0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:3340 (rev 21)
0000:00:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:3341 (rev 21)
0000:00:1d.0 Class 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 Class 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 Class 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 Class 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 Class 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 83)
0000:00:1f.0 Class 0601: 8086:24cc (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 Class 0101: 8086:24ca (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.5 Class 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.6 Class 0703: 8086:24c6 (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:0328 (rev a1)
0000:02:05.0 Class 0280: 8086:1043 (rev 04)
0000:02:08.0 Class 0200: 8086:103d (rev 83)
0000:02:0b.0 Class 0607: 1179:0617 (rev 33)
0000:02:0d.0 Class 0880: 1179:0805 (rev 05)
Since I tried two installations with different results, I will describe
each attempt separately.
First attempt: booting off a DVD drive attached via PCMCIA card:
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [E]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
The installer was unable to access the install CD. The drive is a Toshiba
External Slimline DVD-ROM Drive, model PA3246U-1DVD. Since the boot image
didn't appear to have any PCMCIA drivers, it wasn't visible to the
installer.
Trying to install off the network also didn't work, because the install CD
didn't contain any network card drivers (particularly, the e100 driver for
the tablet's built-in card). I don't have a floppy drive, so couldn't use
the driver disk to get the driver (and besides, with no PCMCIA support, I
wouldn't have been able to read it anyway.
Unable to access neither the install CD nor the network, the installation
couldn't proceed.
Then I tried doing a network boot off of the Debian unstable machine I use
as my desktop system, using the instructions at
http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianInstallerNetbootPXE:
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: [ ]
Load installer modules: [E]
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 only real problem I encountered was that, when downloading the files
from a Debian mirror, the one I chose didn't seem to have all the files I
needed (ftp.cerias.purdue.edu). The installer let me go on, but I couldn't
proceed with setting up the partition table on the hard drive since those
components were some of the ones that weren't downloaded. Redownloading the
files from a different mirror took care of the problem.
It would be nice if, in the case that the download fails, the installer
would prompt you to try a different mirror right away. It would've saved me
a little confusion.
Another, minor, problem was that even though the installer loaded the e100
network card driver automatically, the driver didn't get autoloaded on
reboot, so I had to add a line to /etc/modules to get it to do so. I don't
know why e100 couldn't be loaded automatically on the installed system like
it was inside the installer.
Another quibble: when setting up the user account after the reboot, one of
the prompts read:
"Enter the full name of the new user.
Enter a full name for the new user:"
It would look better if the prompt weren't duplicated on the screen like
that.
Overall, good job on debian-installer. It was a much better experience,
even despite the problems I had, than the old boot-floppies system. I
apologize for the delay in sending this report, but I've been busy with
exams, and I figured better late than never. If you need any more info, let
me know.
Install logs and other status info is available in /var/log/debian-installer/.
Once you have filled out this report, mail it to submit@bugs.debian.org.
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