Bug#383796: d-i: too much error screens
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: beta 3
Date: 20060819
Machine: SGI Indigo2
Processor: R4400SC 200 MHz
Memory: 256 MB
Partitions:
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
No PCI bus.
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]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Note: the initial boot from the CD isn't automatic as noted previously.
Note2: tbm asked me to do a test install to check that
partitioning/detecting/formatting/mounting partitions was OK on these
machines -- it is indeed working fine. The list of partitions includes
the volhdr and 2 small 16 kB partitions (can't remember what they
are, might be holes in the partitioning) which is misleading and error
prone; the suggestion would be to hide the volhdr.
Base system installation failed, due to a broken CD-ROM drive, so
that's not a d-i issue, and not the point of this installation report.
While retrieving packages from the CD, d-i displays 2 consecutive
error screens per failed file, which is really painful on a 9600
bauds serial console. The first error is displayed when retrieving the
file, and the second when validating it. This last step should be
skipped when the file could not be retrieved.
Hitting the "Go Back" button on these error screens is useless, as d-i
will just continue to retrieve the base system's files; please make
this button go back to the main d-i menu or just remove it.
After that, debootstrap will fail, which leads to *3* error
screens (trying to break a record or something ? ;) :
- deboostrap failed with error code ... blahblahblah check virtual
console 4 for details (hmm ... no virtual consoles while
installing using a serial console -> misleading error message, but
that's a detail)
- failed to install the base system (just in case I didn't get it the
first time)
- an installation step failed (really ?)
Other than that, it just works, congrats to the d-i people !
JB.
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