Bug#280887: installation report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: rc2 (11/09/2004) from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux jimmy 2.6.8-1-686 #1 Thu Oct 7 03:15:25 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 11/09/04 starting around 10PM
Method: boot from hard disk + network install from ftp2.fr.debian.org
Machine: Dell Inspiron 8200
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: /dev/hda (Hitachi Travelstar 5K60)
Root Size/partition table: during/after installation:
major minor #blocks name
3 0 58605120 hda
3 1 32098 hda1 -> ext3 partition, /boot
3 2 39062047 hda2 -> LVM partition (contents below)
3 3 19510942 hda3 -> temporary ext3 partition for installation
254 0 8388608 dm-0 -> 1st logical volume, /
254 1 524288 dm-1 -> 2nd logical volume, swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
1) lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host
Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP
Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97
Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev
02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4
440 Go] (rev a3)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M
[Tornado] (rev 78)
0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus
Controller
0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus
Controller
0000:02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394
Controller
2) lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:1a30 (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:1a31 (rev 04)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2482 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:2487 (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 42)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:248c (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:248a (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:2485 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.6 0703: 8086:2486 (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0174 (rev a3)
0000:02:00.0 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 78)
0000:02:01.0 0607: 104c:ac42
0000:02:01.1 0607: 104c:ac42
0000:02:01.2 0c00: 104c:8027
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E/O]
Config network: [E/O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E/O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Errors refer to a first attempt with the 2.4 kernel/initrd found at:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/
The modules for network card (3c59x) and LVM were not found.
Second attempt with Sid 2.6 kernel images found at:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/2.6/
All modules were found.
More detail on the installation process : the hard disk was initial blank
(former disk had crashed). I could not burn a CD at the moment, so decided
to try the "hd-media" installation. First booted on a (pre-existing)
Knoppix Live-CD, used cfdisk to partition the disk, formatted hda1 and
hda3 as ext3, installed grub on hda1, downloaded installer ISO, kernel and
initrd into hda3. Put in the grub menu.lst file :
========================
title New Install
kernel (hd0,2)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 devfs=mount,dall ramdisk_size=17000
initrd (hd0,2)/initrd.gz
========================
Reboot went fine except I had to use Knoppix again to replace
kernel/initrd as explained above. I was then able to create the LVM
partitions.
The installation process was a breeze except for the installation of
additional packages which failed for an unknown reason. However I was at
this point able to quit the installer and install wanted packages with
apt-get.
So finally I won't have to know the dreaded old installation process !
(had a RH9 before)
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