Bug#264927: (no subject)
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: RC1, 7 Aug 2004
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: 8 Aug 2004
Method: Boot from IDE CD, then non-proxied HTTP to linux.csua.berkeley.edu
Machine: Assembled at home from miscellaneous parts
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2700+
Memory: 512M PC3200
Root Device: hda1
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 20.5 GB, 20547841536 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2498 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 18 144553+ 83 Linux # /
/dev/hda2 19 2498 19920600 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 19 626 4883728+ 83 Linux # /usr
/dev/hda6 627 991 2931831 83 Linux # /var
/dev/hda7 992 1040 393561 83 Linux # /tmp
/dev/hda8 1041 2436 11213338+ 83 Linux # /home
/dev/hda9 2437 2498 497983+ 82 Linux swap
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
KT266/A/333]
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
KT266/A/333 AGP]
0000:00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82559 InBusiness 10/100 (rev
08)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II]
(rev 74)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/GX2 (rev 04)
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: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
I had my girlfriend run the d-i on a new server to see how usable she
would find it. She has some Linux literacy but no experience installing.
The only difficult section was the hard disk partition editor, and that
could probably have been avoided if she had done the "Erase entire hard
disk hda" instead of "Edit manually" which was for my benefit.
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