Bug#328736: installation-reports: Installation report for i386 business card on 2005-09-16
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: debian-testing-i386-businesscard, 2005-09-16 daily build
uname -a: Linux beast 2.6.12-1-k7-smp #1 SMP Tue Sep 6 17:04:08 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2005-09-16
Method: Business card CD, default install ([enter] at CD boot prompt), HTTP install from Oregon State mirror in US, no proxy.
Machine: Hand built nForce 4 SLI system
Processor: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Memory: 2 GB (2 x 1GB) OCZ Platinum EL
Root Device: Seagate SATA 7200.7 200 GB
Root Size/partition table:
Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 6571 736 5502 12% /
tmpfs 1014 0 1014 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda6 178666 129 169462 1% /home
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
0000:00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
0000:00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
0000:01:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
0000:01:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
0000:03:00.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller (rev 01)
0000:05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7800 GTX (rev a1)
0000:00:00.0 0580: 10de:005e (rev a3)
0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:0050 (rev a3)
0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0052 (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:005a (rev a2)
0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:005b (rev a3)
0000:00:06.0 0101: 10de:0053 (rev f2)
0000:00:07.0 0101: 10de:0054 (rev f3)
0000:00:08.0 0101: 10de:0055 (rev f3)
0000:00:09.0 0604: 10de:005c (rev a2)
0000:00:0a.0 0680: 10de:0057 (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
0000:00:0c.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
0000:00:0d.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
0000:00:0e.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
0000:00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
0000:00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
0000:00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
0000:00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
0000:01:0c.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 46)
0000:01:0d.0 0401: 1102:0007
0000:02:00.0 0200: 11ab:4362 (rev 15)
0000:03:00.0 0180: 1095:3132 (rev 01)
0000:05:00.0 0300: 10de:0091 (rev a1)
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: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O] (but see below)
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
1) Partioning -- It's unclear how to tweak partman-auto's output. I would
have preferred to use the multi-user workstation scheme, and then tweak
up the size of the root partition (see my Bug#328514). I eventually
settled on restarting the whole install process and just using the
standard desktop scheme.
2) Choosing to go back from partman-auto does not take you back a step in
newbie mode; it drops you into expert mode. Way not intuitive.
3) My first attempt to reboot after base install started a continuous
scroll of the error message "evdev: no more free evdev devices", with
a dead keyboard. Hitting the reset switch made everything magically
start working.
4) The URL for the Oregon State mirror in the US is different between the
base install and the after-reboot install; the CD uses
debian.oregonstate.edu and after reboot it uses debian.osuosl.org.
They both work, but the difference was confusing at first.
5) When an error occurs during task install, it's hard to see what the
error message was, because the installer goes back to the dialog
interface immediately, and doesn't say where to look for the error
log (since it's no longer just on another VT).
6) The desktop task was broken. Apparently that's a known issue.
7) The standard system task has recommended packages (which you see if
you're paying attention at the right time, but otherwise might miss).
That seems wrong. If it's a task to build a standard system, one of
the following seems more appropriate:
a) Drop the recommended packages (because they're not really "standard")
b) Depend on the currently just recommended packages (because they
really should be part of a standard install)
c) Make another task that includes (a possibly larger set of)
recommended packages that don't make the "standard" cut --
standard-plus? standard-extras? recommended?
8) The timezone set during the CD install did not carry over to the
built system; I had to tzconfig manually after installation was complete.
-'f
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
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