Bug#310324: installation report
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
18 May 2005
uname -a:
Linux JONLAB 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:01:58 EST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 26 May 2005
Method: Base install off CD, network install for the rest. Network proxied, but only for http, and local debian mirror is not proxied.
Machine: Generic Desktop PC
Processor: Pentium 4 1.8GHz
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 7.5G 2.3G 5.3G 30% /
/dev/hda3 31G 48M 31G 1% /home
... both reiserfs
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) UltraATA-100 IDE Controller (rev01)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)
# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2560 (rev 01)
0000:00:02.0 0300: 8086:2562 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 81)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24c0 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24cb (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24c3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 01)
0000:01:08.0 0200: 8086:1039 (rev 81)
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: [E]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
The network configuration defaulted to DHCP, which is not what I wanted. I didn't realise this is going to be a problem until later, and eventually the easiest thing to do was to reinstall the base system after finding the boot parameter for turning dhcp off.
base-config stubbornly insists on going to http://security.debian.org, even though I have to use a local debian mirror. I set up /etc/apt/sources.list by hand, with the local mirror of the security updates in there as well, but base config keeps going to debian.org and then keeps trying for ages. In the end I modified the /usr/sbin/apt-setup by hand to stop it appending the 'security' lines to /etc/apt/sources.list.
Graphics card and/or monitor was not correctly configured when installing "Desktop environment" from base-config, and I could not get X-windows working. Solution was to reboot from a Knoppix CD and then copy the Knoppix generated /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to the hard drive, and then reboot into debian. X worked fine after that.
The Exim/mail setup business still mystifies me. Why isn't there an option for not running a mail server? This is a desktop PC and I don't want any damn mail server running on it. But the installer does not let me just say no. So I went with "not on a network" option (despite being on a network), which still runs the mail server that I'll never use, and send messages I'll never read. Ah well...
Boot-up takes a very long time compared with other Linux distributions (even with ones that run off a CD). There seems to be a lot of redundacy (messages like "... already loaded"), and I'm sure a lot of services started that I don't need.
I know this report would not be welcome if sent as an attachment. The install-report.template should state so, especially to keep the first line of the email same as the first line of the template file.
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