Bug#248998: INSTALL REPORT

[avl@planet.nl]

Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: 11 may 2004 www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
uname -a: Linux avl 2.4.26-1-386 #3 Sun Apr 18 21:05:14 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 11 may 2004 20.00
Method: Four diskettes and network install from ftp.nl.debian.org not Proxied

Machine: shuttle an50r motherboard amd64 with samsung sata drive
Processor: amd64
Memory: 1 gigabyte
Root Device: IDE /dev/hde
Root Size/partition table:  
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hde1   *           1          18      144553+  83  Linux
/dev/hde2              19       19457   156143767+   5  Extended
/dev/hde5              19         626     4883728+  83  Linux
/dev/hde6             627         991     2931831   83  Linux
/dev/hde7             992         993       16033+  83  Linux
/dev/hde8             994       19394   147806001   83  Linux
/dev/hde9           19395       19457      506016   82  Linux swap

Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Host Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 LPC Bridge (rev a6)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce3 SMBus (rev a4)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 2.0 (rev a2)
0000:00:05.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Ethernet (rev a5)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio (rev a2)
0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 IDE (rev a5)
0000:00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 AGP Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:01:0a.0 RAID bus controller: CMD Technology Inc Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 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:   [E]
Config network:         [E]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Create file systems:    [O]
Mount partitions:       [E]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [E]
Reboot:                 [E]

Comments/Problems:

Configure network HW:   [E]
FORECDETH module not loaded at boot i added forcedeth to /etc/modules

Config network:         [E]
# dmesg | grep eth1
eth1: intel (r) pro / 1000
This is the wrong nic i want the 10/100 so i changed /etc/network/interfaces
I already changed before, I don't know why I must change this again (because forcedeth was now loaded?).

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# This entry denotes the loopback (127.0.0.1) interface.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# This entry was created during the Debian installation
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

# Dit heb ik er zelf neergezet.
# auto eth1
# iface eth1 inet dhcp

Mount partitions:       [E]
I changed grub because it points to /dev/hde and i edited fstab on an other machine because i could not change it on this machine.

Reboot:                 [E]
/scripts/ext3-add-jounal.sh.30: cannot open /mnt/etc/fstab: no such file
pivot-root: no such file or diretory
/sbin/init: 418: cannot open /dev/console no such file

startx
fatal server error: no screens found
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and it works.

<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
      and ideas you had during the initial install.>
I hope that i can dump Windows 95. The documentation that i can find on the Internet for Debian / Linux is to complex or to easy. I think that it is time for a good (dutch) Debian site with lost of experience from Debian users. How did they do this and that with debian during the install, that started with Gentoo i had already some hardware documentation from this,  i writed a half blocnote full with notes.

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