Bug#238491: Mar 14th installer autobuild installation report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: nightly build Mar14 from gluck.debian.org
uname -a: Linux warg 2.4.25-1-k7-smp #1 SMP Tue Feb 24 15:32:03 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-03-16
Method: 100Mb CD image install
Machine: Tyan Thunder K8W motherboard, IDE CD, HD
Processor: 2 246 Opterons
Memory: 3Gb
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda3
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/hda1 * 1 2612 20980858+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2613 3585 7815622+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 3586 6017 19535040 83 Linux /
Output of lspci:
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 PCI (rev 07)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 LPC (rev 05)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 IDE (rev 03)
00:07.2 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 SMBus 2.0 (rev 02)
00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 ACPI (rev 05)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 AC97 Audio (rev 03)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12)
00:0a.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X APIC (rev 01)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12)
00:0b.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X APIC (rev 01)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
03:00.0 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB (rev 0b)
03:00.1 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 USB (rev 0b)
03:0b.0 RAID bus controller: CMD Technology Inc: Unknown device 3114 (rev 02)
03:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Cont roller (PHY/Link)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x T MDS
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [X]
Configure network HW: [X]
Config network: [X]
Detect CD: [X]
Load installer modules: [X]
Detect hard drives: [X]
Partition hard drives: [X]
Create file systems: [X]
Mount partitions: [X]
Install base system: [X]
Install boot loader: [X]
Reboot: [X]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
I seem to have missed the announcement of beta3. Never mind.
Anyway. A lovely clean install -- no errors, network detected fine. It
all went very smoothly given that this is extremely bleeding edge
hardware. Haven't had a chance to try the SATA chipset yet however.
One small bug: After task selection, when the first apt-get is run, it
asks for 'The drive /cdrom to be inserted.". Making sure the CD is in
and pressing return just results in the same question being asked. I
had to manually add /cdrom to /etc/fstab and mount it by hand before
the install of the packages could proceed. I'm sure this worked in
beta2 -- the CD would be mounted for me & I wouldn't have to do
anything.
Apart from that glitch, everything seems to work. Grabbed an SMP
kernel & off it went!
I have some criticisms of the choice of wording for some of the
questions from the POV of a 'novice linux installer' but I'll work
those into a coherent set of suggestions & alternate wordings before
submitting anything.
I'll be trying beta3 on a sparc machine here btw, so will report on
that also.
cheers all!
Phil Armstrong
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