Bug#267971: Debian (Sarge) Installation Report
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
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Debian-installer-version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
Retrieved and burned to CD on 20 Aug 2004.
uname -a: Linux Xanadu 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 22 12:46:23 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-08-20 16:57.
Method: Downloaded the Testing minimal CD image, burned a CD, installed rest of packages from
the internet via Broadband (Demon Internet) using the default installer options - no proxy.
Machine: Mesh PC with ASUS A7N8X Motherboard
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Memory: 512Mb
Root Device: IDE - Logical Partition
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 319 2562336 b Windows 98
/dev/hda2 320 638 2562367+ 83 Old Slackware Installation
/dev/hda3 639 1942 10474380 17 Windows XP (NTFS)
/dev/hda4 1943 14946 104454630 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1943 2203 2096451 6 FAT16
/dev/hda6 2204 4754 20490876 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda7 4755 6029 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda8 6030 7304 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda9 7305 9917 20988891 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda10 9918 11193 10249438+ 83 Linux Ext2 (Slackware)
/dev/hda11 11194 12471 10265503+ 83 Linux Ext3 (Fedora Core 2)
/dev/hda12 12472 12484 104391 83 Linux Ext3 (Fedora Core 2)
/dev/hda13 12485 12614 1044193+ 82 Linux swap (DEBIAN)
/dev/hda14 12615 12860 1975963+ 83 DEBIAN ROOT
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B]
(rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev
a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
0000:00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 PCI Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev
a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:08.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
0000:01:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02)
0000:01:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 02)
0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3C920B-EMB Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller
[Tornado] (rev 40)
0000:03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R300 AD [Radeon 9500 Pro]
0000:03:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R300 AD [Radeon 9500 Pro] (Secondary)
and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:01e0 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 0500: 10de:01eb (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 0500: 10de:01ee (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 0500: 10de:01ed (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 0500: 10de:01ec (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 0500: 10de:01ef (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:0060 (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0064 (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:0068 (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 0200: 10de:0066 (rev a1)
0000:00:05.0 0401: 10de:006b (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 0401: 10de:006a (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 0604: 10de:006c (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 0101: 10de:0065 (rev a2)
0000:00:0c.0 0604: 10de:006d (rev a3)
0000:00:0d.0 0c00: 10de:006e (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 10de:01e8 (rev c1)
0000:01:08.0 0780: 14f1:2f00 (rev 01)
0000:01:0a.0 0400: 109e:036e (rev 02)
0000:01:0a.1 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 02)
0000:02:01.0 0200: 10b7:9201 (rev 40)
0000:03:00.0 0300: 1002:4144
0000:03:00.1 0380: 1002:4164
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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: [ ]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Installation of Base System:
This is my first installation of a Debian System - I've been using
Slackware since Version 2.0 :-)
Initially I was very impressed, the installation progressed cleanly
and intuitively - I especially like the package dependency tree and
the way selecting/deselecting packages shows any dependency problems.
However, a few problems later on:
1. Setting up the X server. I use a Flat Panel LCD, with a Native
Resolution of 1280x1024 @ 60Hz. There's a lot of these around,
(It's a VESA standard one isn't it?) and they work best at their
native res. However, to get this I had to select a maximum resoltion
of 1280x960@85Hz and later (in another screen) specify a maximum
resolution of 1280x1024. I didn't find this particularly useful.
2. Exim. I decided to configure Exim later, and selected that option
- as a result, I got an error reporting while parsing the
config file:
config error at line 6 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
and was unceremoniously dropped out to a root
shell prompt. I retried this a few times by calling base-config,
and a number of the Exim choices seemed to do the same.
Installation of Boot Loader.
I decided to install this in the Debian Root Partition rather
than the MBR - I've got a few operating systems on this PC and
Powerquest Boot Magic installed there.
No problem at all - grub went cleanly in, and was easily chained
onto boot magic.
The grub installer also detected the other operating systems on the
disk and added boot menu options perfectly - apart from Fedora Core
2, which it descibed as a "Semi LSB Compliant Linux" (Is this an in
joke :-) )
Summary
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Overall, not bad. I do like the loader, and the trouble free
installation of packages from the web, though I do seem left with
a number of things to configure (sound, samba, etc) that could
have been done "out of the box".
Will I carry on using it? - not sure at this stage.
Cheers
Trev
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Trev Hitch, Cwmbran, South Wales, UK
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