Bug#265219: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: August 11, 2004 Debian installer release
candidate 1, from http://www.nl.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
uname -a: Linux wolfwood 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: August 12th, 2004
Method: I used a netinstall c.d. to install, the release candidate
sarge-i386-netinst.iso image. I installed from ftp.us.debian.org
Machine: Dell Inspiron 8600
Processor: Pentium M @ 1.4 MHz
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE - /dev/hda (generic laptop hard drive)
Root Size/partition table:
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size
(MB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux ext3 [/]
148.06
hda5 Logical Linux ReiserFS
8003.20
hda6 Logical Linux ReiserFS
5996.23
hda7 Logical Linux ReiserFS
3002.23
hda8 Logical Linux ReiserFS
403.04
hda9 Logical Linux ReiserFS
12000.69
hda10 Logical Linux swap
1003.49
Pri/Log Free Space
9450.85
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda9 /home reiserfs defaults 0 2
/dev/hda8 /tmp reiserfs defaults 0 2
/dev/hda5 /usr reiserfs defaults 0 2
/dev/hda6 /usr/local reiserfs defaults 0 2
/dev/hda7 /var reiserfs defaults 0 2
/dev/hda10 none swap sw 0 0
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller
(rev 0
3)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller
(rev 03
)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) US
B UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) US
B UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) US
B UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0
EHCI
Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller
(rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage
Contro
ller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4
-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97
Modem
Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34M [GeForce
FX Go
5200] (rev a1)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T
(rev 01
)
0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus
Controlle
r (rev 02)
0000:02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394
Controlle
r
0000:02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini
PCI A
dapter (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:
The installer was a lot more user-friendly than the previous installer
(the boot floppies). The process was a lot smoother and a lot faster. The
only annoyance I had was the lack of granularity in the new options for
tasksel, which I don't think is relevant to this package report. Anyway,
before it seemed to install more of the software I needed by default,
whereas this time, I am going to have to pick a lot of very common things
by hand that didn't install for whatever reason with the options I chose -
like binutils, gcc, etc. It's very strange to leave those sorts of things
out, I think.
Overall, I was really pleased with the new installer. I've always
considered Debian my favorite distro, but the install was a pain. This has
come a long way.
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