Bug#416308: etch RC2 installation-report
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: USB / netinstall
Image version: etch RC2 debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso (March 17)
Date: 26 March 2007 18:52
Machine: Dell PowerEdge 2950
Processor: Intel Xeon 5160 3.0 GHz
Memory: 4GB
Partitions:
(By hand...)
lun0/part1 * 1 34 27307 83 Linux
lun0/part2 35 88849 71340648 5 Extended
lun0/part3 35 642 488372 83 Linux
lun0/part4 643 1250 488372 83 Linux
lun0/part5 1251 1493 195186 83 Linux
lun0/part6 1494 1979 390376 82 Linux swap
lun0/part7 1980 2222 195186 83 Linux
lun0/part8 2223 88849 69583134
730.8 GB
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 88849 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
lspci omitted, unless needed.
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: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [E]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
During a default install the user is unable to select a timezone outside
the Country specified during the keyboard/locale setting. In our case we
are located in Canada, but our systems use UTC time. This can be worked
around by using the expert install.
During tasksel process, if I select only the "Standard" package I get:
[ Select and install software ]
==== 18%
Retrieving file 82 of 82
and it hangs. If I switch virtual consoles it appears that the process in
hung on:
perl -w /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
if I kill that process id, the install continues, otherwise successfully.
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