Bug#250728: debian installer
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Beta4 50MB businesscard size
uname -a: Linux avalon 2.6.6 #5 Fri May 21 16:40:35 EDT 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 5/18/04
Method: Used the business card 50MB image for a network install. booting
from my CDrom. IP:24.191.53.191
forgot which mirror I used.
Machine: Homebrew machine. ECS K7S5A motherboard,
Processor: AMD Athalon
Memory: 256MB Generic DDR
Root Device: IDE = /dev/hdb, Maxtor harddrive
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/hdb2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hdb3 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hdb6 on /home type ext3 (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw
Output of lspci:
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)
0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016
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)
0000:00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem
Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1
(rev 07)
0000:00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game
Port (rev 07)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100
QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
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: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Initially i tried to install 'unstable', but it could not install the base
system for some reason. I received the following error
Error processing Apt-utils
I then went into a shell to see what was going on, and i saw the following
error messages:
/target/dev/pts No such file or directory
/target/dev/shm No such file or directory
/target/proc/bus/usb Invalid
When i switched to'testing' it worked fine. but some of the ftp servers i
tried hung when attempting to connect.
ftp.stealth.net
ftp.lug.udel.edu
and a copule of others I forgot to write down.
one suggestion. on the screen where it is attepting to connect and
download packages, you should print a message telling the user what to do
if it hangs. The first time it hung I made the mistake of canceling the
install and restartin from the beginning. The second time I tried ^C.
There shouldn't be any trial and error
installing the sytem.
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