Bug#236128:
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 2004 Jan 3 22:46
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux bubbles 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004 March 3 Evening GMT +1.
Method: Netinst ISO booted off CD, archives pulled from
ftp.se.debian.org after installation, no proxy.
Machine: Compaq Presario 1200 12XL202 (Laptop)
Processor: Intel Pentium 3 Celeron 564 Mhz.
Memory: 64 + 256 = 320M
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table: 40G disk with no prior data.
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 9277216 1411472 7865744 16% /
/dev/hda3 28842780 5040096 22337556 19% /home
tmpfs 156924 0 156924 0% /dev/shm
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O] - see below
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O] - see below
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Configure network HW:
The installer queries with a list of modules before probing from pcmcia,
this might be confusing for people without much previous knowledge of
linux and the debian installer. It might be good to state that the list
is not relevant for pc-card users.
Partition hard drives:
First off, on a clean disk it warns that the partition table wasn't
recognized, this is quite likely to alarm the user (it even got me to
back off once before I figured). Again it's probably a good thing if
there is a note saying that it's normal if it's a new disk.
Secondly some kind of autopartitioning scheme would be nice for
inexperienced users.
Post-reboot:
I noticed an anomaly on this particular netinst iso. The network
wouldn't go back up after the reboot. Loading the required modules
manually wouldn't give me an eth0 either.
I eventually figured out that it was probably because the pcmcia-cs was
older than the corresponding udeb used by the installer. Installing the
udeb off the cd and manually ejecting/inserting the card made it work
(since the udeb provides no cardctl). (I did however not try to manually
eject and insert using the installed pcmcia-cs but I did try quite a few
software cardctl eject/insert.)
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