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Bug#373567: etch d-i i386 beta 2 failed to finish installation correctly

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: floppy
Image version: ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/20060304/images/floppy/* 
Date: June 14, 2006

Machine: Nobrand
Processor: AMD Athlon 900
Memory: 256 MB
Partitions: (by df -Tl)
Filesystem    Type   1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdc3     ext3    78119732   1724368  72427068   3% /
tmpfs        tmpfs      128324         0    128324   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hdc1     ext2      248384      5809    229323   3% /boot

Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] 0000:00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) 0000:00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16) 0000:00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16) 0000:00:04.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) 0000:00:04.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) 0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 0000:00:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 26) 0000:00:11.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20265 (FastTrak100 Lite/Ultra100) (rev 02) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR] (rev b2) 

Output of lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:0305 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:8305
0000:00:04.0 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 40)
0000:00:04.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:04.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 16)
0000:00:04.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 16)
0000:00:04.4 0680: 1106:3057 (rev 40)
0000:00:04.5 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 50)
0000:00:09.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:00:0b.0 0100: 1000:000f (rev 26)
0000:00:11.0 0180: 105a:0d30 (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0111 (rev b2)

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [O]
Configure 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]
Installed system ok:    [E]

Comments/Problems:

I tried to install etch using d-i etch beta 2, as recommended on
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
Started network installation from floppies, everything seemed fine,
but after installing GRUB to MBR it didn't finish as was expected.
Instead, it went on to setting debconf priority.

I tried installing from scratch two times. The first time I just
hit enter to confirm high priority for debconf, it went on to
saving logs, shell execution and installation abort. I chose
antiabortion way and returned to the menu. Menu item 'Finish the
installation' just returned back to the menu, so I had to abort
in the end. After rebooting the system was semi-ruined. The user
I created in previous steps didn't exist, and root logged in
without asking for a password. Then xserver reported failure due
to misconfiguration, and I was left with a console.

At second attempt the only difference was that after the installation
failed to finish normally, I chose low priority for debconf and got
right back to the menu (vs. saving logs at first attempt).

BTW, the images URL at the top and the logs attached are from this
second attempt. For the first one I used another mirror: debian.linux.org.tw. 
Both times I selected 4 subsystems to install: desktop environment,
web server, file server and standard system, but on first install
(from debian.linux.org.tw) 644 files were downloaded, while on second run
(from ftp.jp.debian.org) it was only 545 files.
After that I installed sarge using the same method and the same ftp.jp mirror, 
everything is fine. That is, only the usual configuration tweaks are needed.

If you need any additional information, I could play with the installer for
some more days, but not too many.

Installation logs are attached. I hope you don't mind
that I didn't insert all 15,000 lines right here.

Attachment: install.tar.bz2
Description: Binary data

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