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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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