Bug#305117: installation report

[Peter De Schrijver <p2@debian.org>]

Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal

Debian-installer-version: 2005/04/17 rc3 netboot image
uname -a: Linux pisco 2.4.27-2-generic #1 Sat Apr 9 19:43:25 UTC 2005 alpha GNU/Linux
Date: Mon Apr 18 02:59:19 CEST 2005
Method: netboot from local server. installation from ftp.belnet.be

Machine: COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000
Processor: 21264
Memory: 128MB
Root Device: dka0
Root Size/partition table: 
a:        1*        1*        0*      ext2 aboot
b:        1*      244*      243*      ext2 /
c:      244*      487*      243*      ext2 /var
d:      487*      491*        3*      ext2 /boot
e:      491*      522*       31*      swap

Output of lspci and lspci -n:

0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Contaq Microsystems 82c693
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Contaq Microsystems 82c693
0000:00:07.2 IDE interface: Contaq Microsystems 82c693
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: Contaq Microsystems 82c693
0000:00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]
0000:01:03.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 41)
0000:01:06.0 SCSI storage controller: QLogic Corp. ISP1020 Fast-wide SCSI (rev 06)
0000:01:08.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03)

0000:00:07.0 0601: 1080:c693
0000:00:07.1 0101: 1080:c693
0000:00:07.2 0101: 1080:c693
0000:00:07.3 0c03: 1080:c693
0000:00:0d.0 0300: 102b:051b
0000:01:03.0 0200: 1011:0019 (rev 41)
0000:01:06.0 0100: 1077:1020 (rev 06)
0000:01:08.0 0604: 1011:0024 (rev 03)

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:              [ ]
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:

1) Initial boot only worked after I changed the ramdisk size by giving
the ramdisk_size parameter. The image could be configured to give this
parameter automagically.

2) aboot seems to require a recent firmware. The d-i image aboot worked
fine, but the installed aboot crashed very early (before displaying any
message). After upgrading the firmware to the latest version
(http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/xp1000.html), the
installed aboot worked.