Bug#269154: Installation report: i386 businesscard iso from 20040825 on Dell Dimension XPS T450
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 2004-08-25 version of the i386 business
card.iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/
uname -a: Linux fendi 2.4.27-1-686 #1 Sun Aug 15 01:13:41 UTC 2004
i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-08-27, 23:00 UTC
Method: Burned a CD from the ISO; used "expert" boot parameter, http, no proxy
Machine: Dell Dimension XPS T450
Processor: 450MHz Pentium III
Memory: 128MB
Root Device: 20GB Western Digital IDE drive (WDC WD204BB), /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table: Feel free to paste the full partition
table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda5 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda6 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda7 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda8 /var ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda9 /var/log ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
fendi:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:00:0e.0 Multimedia controller: C-Cube Microsystems Cinemaster C
3.0 DVD Decoder (rev 01)
0000:00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor Vortex 2 (rev fe)
0000:00:10.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation
DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA
TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 11)
fendi:~# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03)
0000:00:07.0 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
0000:00:0e.0 0480: 123f:8888 (rev 01)
0000:00:0f.0 0401: 12eb:0002 (rev fe)
0000:00:10.0 0200: 100b:0020
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0028 (rev 11)
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: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
The install went quite well - no problems to speak of. It did ask me
twice about PCMCIA, but that wasn't a big deal. Did not install X, so
I have no idea if that works or not. Great job all, and I especially
appreciated the clear explanation of the boot parameter options at the
beginning of the installer.
I do have one question, though I'm not sure if this is the proper
place to ask or not:
The installer has me add locations to /etc/apt/sources.list. This
works well, and adds both a deb and a deb-src line for each mirror.
It asked if I wanted security updates, so I said yes and it added a
deb line for security. It does not, however, add a deb-src line for
security. Why not? I only ask because I don't think that it's made
particularly obvious anywhere that (as far as I can tell) you have to
have a deb-src line for security to retreive the most recent source
versions of packages that have had security updates. I didn't notice
this in the installer manual, the installer itself, the APT HOWTO, or
the man pages for sources.list or apt-get.
If I overlooked an explanation of this somewhere, I apologize. I am
just curious about the omission since I almost got bitten by this in
the past when building openssl from source. For example, on Woody
currently if you apt-get source openssl without a deb-src line for
security, you get the source for openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.4, but if you
include that line in sources.list you get the openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.6
source.
Thanks!
- Colleen
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