Bug#285589: failed installation report

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: <Fill in date and from where you got the image>

uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>

Date: <Date and time of the install>

Method: <How did you install?  What did you boot off?  If network

      install, from where?  Proxied?>

Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>

Processor:

Memory:

Root Device: <IDE?  SCSI?  Name of device?>

Root Size/partition table: <Feel free to paste the full partition

      table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.>

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:   [ ]

Config network:         [ ]

Detect CD:              [O]

Load installer modules: [ ]

Detect hard drives:     [ ]

Partition hard drives:  [ ]

Create file systems:    [ ]

Mount partitions:       [ ]

Install base system:    [ ]

Install boot loader:    [ ]

Reboot:                 [ ]

Comments/Problems:

The install process was undertaken on a Compaq EVO 610c Laptop computer.

I obtained the DVD image using jigdo from

The DVD ISO image was created successfully and burned to a DVD.

The DVD was inserted into the DVD drive and the machine was rebooted.

The installer started correctly and prompted me to type enter to trigger

the install process. I did this and the computer then loaded linux,

apparently correctly, eventually presenting me with a menu to choose language.

I chose English.

The next menu allowed me to choose Australia as my country.

The next menu allowed me to choose American English as my Keyboard layout.

The next screen detected my CD-ROM

The next screen scanned the CD-ROM (taking a couple of minutes).

I was then allowed to modify the debconf priority setting but I left it on high

by hitting the enter key.

I was then asked if I wanted to verify the CD-ROM integrity and I declined the offer

(although I took up the offer on other runs through the process to see if these was

a problem – there was not).

I was then allowed to run an interactive shell and I did so. At that point it was not

at all clear to me what was required to complete the installation process.

The hard drive did not seem to have been altered by any of this process. I was expecting

a repartitioning exercise to be necessary – at a minimum.