Bug#248164: Successful installation with feature requests
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: beta4 (2004-05-08) http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux moloc 2.4.25-1-386 #2 Wed Apr 14 18:38:08 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Sun May 9 18:03:57 CEST 2004
Method: booted and installed base from netinst CD, no proxies
Machine: Desktop PC
Processor: AMD-K7 600 MHz
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda3
Root Size/partition table: fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 63 506016 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 * 64 1279 9767520 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 1280 2495 9767520 83 Linux /
/dev/hda4 2496 9729 58107105 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 2496 3711 9767488+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 3712 4927 9767488+ 83 Linux /home
/dev/hda7 4928 9729 38572033+ 83 Linux /pub
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System Controller (rev 25)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] AGP Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 1b)
0000:00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 0e)
0000:00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 0e)
0000:00:04.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 20)
0000:00:04.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 21)
0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT86C100A [Rhine] (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 Network controller: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH A1 ISDN [Fritz] (rev 02)
0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 01)
0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 1022:7006 (rev 25)
0000:00:01.0 Class 0604: 1022:7007 (rev 01)
0000:00:04.0 Class 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 1b)
0000:00:04.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:04.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 0e)
0000:00:04.3 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 0e)
0000:00:04.4 Class 0c05: 1106:3057 (rev 20)
0000:00:04.5 Class 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 21)
0000:00:0e.0 Class 0200: 1106:3043 (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 Class 0280: 1244:0a00 (rev 02)
0000:01:05.0 Class 0300: 102b:0521 (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:
Keyboard Layout [SPELLING]
German umlauts (language: de_DE) are displayed incorrectly as
two-octet sequences
Configure Networking (manual, without DHCP) [WISH]
A single page for networking parameters, like:
IP-address: [ 192.168.0.1 ]
Netmask: [ 255.255.255.0 ]
Gateway: [ 192.168.0.1 ]
DNS-server: [ 192.168.0.1 ]
Hostname: [ debian ]
Partition hard drives [WISH]
Erasing a whole drive seems so scary to me. I would prefer seeing
the partition table first and choosing target partitions and
mountpoints, leaving "erase drive" as a separate option.
Auto-detection of previously installed operating systems and the
ability to view partition contents would be a nice feature.
GRUB Bootlader [WISH]
The timeout is too short, linux is already booting when my screen
comes up.
[WISH]
Indication of overall progess, for example in the first line:
Debian Installer step 5/10: Configure Networking
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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