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Bug#403027: Installation report for Netinst CD on Asus U5F laptop



Package: installation-report
Severity: normal

Boot method: Netinst CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
  downloaded on 2006-12-14
Date: 2006-12-14 15:00:00 GMT+8

Machine: Laptop Asus U5F
Processor: Centrino Core2 Duo T5500
Memory: 1Gb
Partitions: All 80Gb SATA disk used, d-i did the partitioning mostly
  automatically: 256Mb of /boot and the rest as an unencrypted LVM
  volume group.

Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
  Non available at the moment.  Will come on a later installation
  report, when successful.

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

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [E]
Configure network:      [ ]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [E]
Install base system:    [O]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:    [O]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Overall install:        [E]

Comments/Problems:

  * Network cards

  I could not access the network using the ipw3945 wireless card.  That
  was expected, since the driver packages are in non-free.

  I noticed that a package "firmware-ipw3945-di_0.3_all.udeb" exists,
  but I could not find any info on how to use it

  The Ethernet network card did not seem to be detected: with ifconfig I
  could bring up only a device with a very long MAC.  I don't have the
  model available, but I'll provide it in the next install report.

  Had I managed to detect the ethernet card I could have tried to use
  pppoe: I've noticed that there is a udeb for it in the netinst CD, but
  I haven't seen anything about udeb in the installer.


  * Partitioning

  Initially I chose to use LVM plus encryption.  After getting the
  warning about cyphering being untested I selected the option in the
  warning dialog to not use encryption, but the partitioner would still
  have all the encription parts turned on.

  I redid the install and chose plain LVM, then I told it to use the
  entire disk.  At that point creating the volume group failed: in the
  log, there was the help message of vccreate and at the top it said
  "Please enter physical volume name(s)".  Later on in the installer I
  chose to create the volume group, gave it a name and it worked.

  When I chose to use the whole disk, I got a dialog asking for
  confirmation because the installer found an existing partition (the
  MS Windows junk that came with the laptop).  The Italian message was:
    "Le seguenti partizioni saranno formattate" (part n.1 con fat32)"
  The message probably wanted to say that the existing fat32 partition
  will be deleted ("cancellate"), not formatted ("formattate").

  'volume group' is translated as 'gruppo di volumi'.  Personally it
  would be clearer to me if it were left as 'volume group', but meh.

  
  * Other bits

  Since I could not get any usable network device to work, I tried the
  netinst installation without network configuration, to at least get a
  base system.  This exposed a couple of quirks:

   - In the Italian translation, the phrase "Se si sta installando dal
     CD netinst e si sceglie di non usare in mirror ci si troverà solo
     con un sistema base veramente minimale" is repeated twice, the
     second time with slight variations but same meaning.

   - I told not to use a mirror, and I got a big red warning saying that
     the installer could not access the security updates websites and
     commented them out, and later on I should find out what happened.

     That message felt very weird, since I just told it not to use a
     mirror nor to configure the network.

   - When choosing the system I selected "laptop" and it asks me to
     install the binary 1 CD.  I don't have the CD, and the menu doesn't
     have a "cancel" option, so it looped forever.

I'm now downloading
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-binary-1.iso
and trying again.


Ciao,

Enrico

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)



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