Bug#496267: AlphaStation 250 4/266 Lenny Beta2 install successful

[Jim's Bugs <jimsbugs@shaw.ca>]

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: netinst CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_beta2/alpha/ 
iso-cd/debian-LennyBeta2-alpha-netinst.iso
Date: 23 August 2008 11:00 PDT

Machine: AlphaStation 250 4/266
Processor: Alpha EV45 variation 7 revision 0 Avanti
Memory: 512MB
Partitions:
# /dev/sda:
type: SCSI
disk:
label:
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 63
tracks/cylinder: 255
sectors/cylinder: 16065
cylinders: 553
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # milliseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # milliseconds
drivedata: 0
5 partitions:
#       start       end      size     fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
  a:        1      1954      1954       ext2
  b:     1955    158205    156251       ext2
  c:   158206   8449221   8291016       ext2
  d:  8449222   8890759    441538       swap

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:06.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic  
53c810 [1000:0001] (rev 02)
        Kernel driver in use: sym53c8xx
        Kernel modules: sym53c8xx
00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82378ZB/IB, 82379AB  
(SIO, SIO.A) PCI to ISA Bridge [8086:0484] (rev 84)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Digital Equipment Corporation  
DECchip 21040 [Tulip] [1011:0002] (rev 23)
        Kernel driver in use: de2104x
        Kernel modules: de2104x
00:0c.0 VGA compatible unclassified device [0001]: S3 Inc. 86c864  
[Vision 864 DRAM] vers 1 [5333:88c1]
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Digital Equipment Corporation  
DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] [1011:0009] (rev 12)
        Kernel driver in use: tulip
        Kernel modules: tulip

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:   [O]
User/password setup:    [O]
Install tasks:          [O]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Overall install:        [O]

Comments/Problems:

This install was performed with mouse/keyboard/monitor.

There is a somewhat disconcerting pause after the kernel prints the  
line:
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0

No DHCP server present, so I hit Cancel, then configured eth1 manually.
(eth0 is onboard 10Mb/s; eth1 is 10-100Mb/s card - allow-hotplug
in /etc/network/interfaces is a bit irritating.)

Other than that, the installation was smooth.  Thanks!