Bug#233007: Install report: Toshiba A100
Can you please try newer images from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/ to see how well
they work, and if they fix any of the issues you've reported?
* Debian User <dparsons@emerall.com> [2004-02-16 21:26]:
> DHCP fails on built-in wireless (works OK on built-in ethernet port).
> Presumably the wireless port is PCI device 01:0a.0. It's an Atheros AR5001X+
> Wireless Network Adapter (Ethernet 802.3).
Wireless support is much better now, but I don't know if your card is
supported.
> Partitioning:
> Only cfdisk offered standard for partitioning??? Seems inferior to the
We use something more friendly now.
> Partition the Storage Devices: resize partition does not support ntfs,
> which pretty much rules out any easy dual-boot set up from any modern
The problem is that the library we use (libparted) doesn't support
this yet. Something has to integrate libntfs into libparted, then we
can support it.
> "Automatically partition hard drives" is no good - it says it will destroy
> all data on all disks. I can't wipe the windows partitions here! It would
> make more sense if this automatically partitioned available free space,
> rather than the entire drive.
If there is free space, there should be a default 3rd choise saying
something like 'use free space'.
> Configure and mount partitions:
> When choosing the mount point (/, /usr, /boot, etc), the full choice of
> mount points is always in the list, even if some of them have already been
> selected.
Can you check if this is still there?
> Screen goes blank while configuring mounts, which takes a good 30 seconds.
> A message should be displayed describing what is happening and "please wait".
Is this still there?
> Install boot loader (GRUB):
> I wanted to install grub to (hd0,2), to place it on the first linux
> partition rather than the first partition on the drive, in order to test boot
> compatibility with the pre-installed Windows systems. But d-i failed,
> saying "Executing 'grub-install (hd0,2)' failed. This is a fatal error."\
>
> Later, installing to (hd0), the installer freezes at "20%--- Determining
> GRUB boot device". Had to force a reboot.
Can you try the new image? You can now also specify devices in the
/dev/hdaX nstyle.
> Install the base system:
> Naturally, a 2.6 kernel would be nice (why wasn't this question asked the
> first time?)
You can now boot debian-installer with linux26 and you'll get a 2.6
kernel.
> Grub is pretty darn ugly don't you think? Can I have graphical lilo back
> again...?? ;)
You can choose between GRUB and LILO.
> Debian base system configuration:
> my computer name (similar to "COMP-14") was rejected, even though it
> conforms to the instructions on the page (the '-' is in the middle, not
> beginning or ending).
Is this still a problem?
> My computer is asked for again, I learn that the capital letters are what
> was rejected: "comp-14" is accepted. Is this really appropriate behaviour?
Hmm, not sure.
> Configuring apt: configuring proxies is not supported in interface. Anyway,
> apt does not support NTLM (Microsoft ISA) proxies anyway, which should be
> fixed now that NTLM support for free software is available (see mozilla 1.6,
> samba3).
Do you know if a wishlist bug on apt has been filed for this?
> Base config keeps looping - I'm back to timezone again. Why? This happened
> after asking me if I want to use tasksel or aptitude or dselect to choose
This is fixed.
> I can edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to add the windows partition, and the Windows
> environment is able to boot (the IT staff will be happy).
Windows (and other Linux) installations are now detected
automatically.
--
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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