Bug#254727: install report
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 6 Jun 2004 (Beta4 image)
uname -a: Linux mulder 2.4.25-1-386 #2 Wed Apr 14 19:38:08 EST 2004 i586
GNU/Linux
Date: 6 Jun 2004
Method: Hard disk boot (I downloaded the cd image and booted with the vmlinuz
image, as described in the Installation-HOWTO)
Machine: HP Vectra
Processor: Pentium 166 MHz
Memory: 112 MB
Root Device: IDE /dev/hdb2
Root Size/partition table: Where can I find the partition table?
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
---lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430HX - 82439HX TXC [Triton II] (rev 03)
0000:00:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
0000:00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c810 (rev
23)
0000:00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c775/86c785 [Trio 64V2/DX
or /GX] (rev 14)
0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] (rev
01)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II]
0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II]
(rev 01)
---lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:1250 (rev 03)
0000:00:06.0 Class 0200: 10b7:9050
0000:00:0c.0 Class 0100: 1000:0001 (rev 23)
0000:00:0d.0 Class 0300: 5333:8901 (rev 14)
0000:00:0f.0 Class 0601: 8086:7000 (rev 01)
0000:00:0f.1 Class 0101: 8086:7010
0000:00:0f.2 Class 0c03: 8086:7020 (rev 01)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
The initial boot didn't work. The installation manual said that I had to type
this in lilo.conf:
image=/boot/newinstall/vmlinuz
label=newinstall
initrd=/boot/newinstall/initrd.gz
append="devfs=mount,dall"
It said that a 'root=' line would be ignored. But when I booted, it said that
it couldn't open the root file system. I found that I had to append
'root=/dev/ram' before booting the image; this worked well.
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I was also not really happy with the automatic partioning. I already had some
partions, but I wanted to let the installer partition the drive
automatically, so delete the partitions and let the installer partition the
free space. However, I couldn't delete the partition with the downloaded
cd-image (of course). I deleted the other partitions, but the installer
didn't use the space after the cd-image (where formerly my swap partition
resided). Instead, it created a swap partition in the free space _before_ the
partition with the cd-image. I still wanted to use the space after it, so I
created a swap partition in that space and let the installer try it again.
But it made a second swap partition! That's why I'm not really happy with
it...
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The bootloader installed well, but it didn't include Windows NT on my first
disk (not that I use it very often... :) ). I had to do this manually. Maybe
this is because I had LILO before I started with the installation, which
resided before the WinNT bootloader, so that the installer couldn't recognize
it.
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I hope this is useful.
Frank Mulder
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