Bug#278077: Debian installation report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: sarge-i386-netinst.iso, pre-rc2, from
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: Sunday, 2004-10-24, 12:30 PM.
Method: Booted off netinst CD image, then did (FTP?) install from (URL?)
Machine: Dell Dimension V350
Processor: Pentium II
Memory: 192 MB
Root Device: IDE, dmesg says "hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX8.4A, ATA DISK drive"
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 8455 MB, 8455200768 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 7325 3691768+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 7326 8080 380520 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 8081 16383 4184712 83 Linux
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
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:
I'm behind a firewall/Web proxy that requires authentication for HTTP,
but lets FTP through. So when I first set up apt after rebooting, I told
it to use FTP as a file source. It found FTP mirrors all right, but
later when it tried to look for HTTP mirrors, it wasn't smart enough to
ask me for HTTP proxy information.
I decided to re-do the entire install, and this time I told apt to use
HTTP as a file source. This time it did ask me for HTTP proxy
information, which worked the first time.
This may be an issue more relating to apt than to the installer, but I
figured it was worth reporting here anyway.
--
Robin Munn
rmunn@pobox.com
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