Package: installation-reports
Boot method: USB Flash stick
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso 26-Feb-2008 10:12
Date: 2008-02-26
Machine: local assembly; motherboard is Tyan Tomcat n3400B
Partitions: three identical disks, each:
Device Start End Id System
/dev/sdX1 0+ 60800 5 Extended
/dev/sdX2 0 - 0 Empty
/dev/sdX3 0 - 0 Empty
/dev/sdX4 0 - 0 Empty
/dev/sdX5 0+ 64 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdX5 65+ 1219 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdX7 1220+ 60800 fd Linux raid autodetect
with X among {a, b, c}
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [E] then [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:
I installed from an USB stick. I first tried with files from
ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-amd64/current/images/,
but then it could not find kernel modules, and thus no ethernet
interface. I replaced them by the files from
ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/,
and then it started well.
debootstrap complained it could not download "grep". I was using
mirror ftp.be.debian.org . It got installed successfully later on by
tasksel.
uswsusp install complained that the swap partition found in its
configuration file is not active. I believe this was at the "configure
all packages before unpacking them" stage. In the partitioning stage,
I created three of them! Should just use them, activate them if need
be before installing uswsusp; they are not on RAID or LVM or anything
like that, so I see no reason it could not work out of the box, or
avoid that error message. I selected only "standard system" and
"desktop" in tasksel, so this is IMHO in the critical "no questions
newbies won't understand" path. After installation, there was a
/etc/uswsusp.conf that says (amont others):
resume device = /dev/sdc6
which looks reasonable to me (if asked manually, I'd have picked the
first one and not the last one, but that's really just esthetic).
Wishlist: the automatically generated /etc/fstab should have an
explicit pri=0 (or some other constant) in the options field for the
swap partitions on different devices, so that the kernel load-balance
automatically between them by default. Optionally, don't do that if
multiple swap partitions on the same device.
I use an LCD screen. The X config should just preselect the right
video mode (native to the LCD screen) instead of asking me to choose
and having none preselected. Video card is nVidia GeForce 8600 GT, PCI
ID 0300:10de:0402, subsystem 1043:8243.
I selected "Desktop system" in tasksel and got a xserver-xorg setup
question, but no X at first boot! Should have installed gdm or kdm or
xdm or something similar.
--
Lionel
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