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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
Debian GNU/Linux testing "Sarge" - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 CD
gathered 3/11-2004 from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a:
Linux tower 2.6.8-1-686 #1 Thu Oct 7 03:15:25 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date:
Installed on 5/11-2004
Method:
Network-install using single CD-install-method.
I fetched
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
and made myself a nice CD-RW, from which i booted.
Connection to the 'net is a non-proxy-1Mbit-line (Cable)
Machine:
Roll-my-own ;)
Processor:
AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz Thunderbird (Step A9) CPU on a ASUS A7V266-E
mainboard vith VIA VT8366A Apollo KT266A chipset
Memory:
512 MB DDR RAM - 2 sticks (PC2100) configured by SPD
Root Device:
IDE: WDC WD800JB 80 GB 8 MB cache
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 Gb, 80026361856 byte
255 hoveder, 63 sektorer/spor, 9729 cylindre
Enheder = cylindre af 16065 * 512 = 8225280 byte
Enhed Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 5071 40732776 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 5072 9729 37415385 5 Udvidet
/dev/hda5 5072 8938 31061646 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 8939 9005 538146 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 9006 9729 5815498+ b W95 FAT32
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
tower:/home/mf# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
T266/A/333]
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
KT266/A/333 AGP]
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738
(rev 10)
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 05)
0000:00:10.0 SCSI storage controller: Artop Electronic Corp AEC6712S
SCSI (rev 08)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
0000:00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280
[Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200
SE] (Secondary) (rev 01)
tower:/home/mf# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:3099
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:b099
0000:00:05.0 0401: 13f6:0111 (rev 10)
0000:00:0d.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 05)
0000:00:10.0 0100: 1191:8030 (rev 08)
0000:00:11.0 0601: 1106:3074
0000:00:11.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:11.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1b)
0000:00:11.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1b)
0000:00:11.4 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1b)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:5964 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:5d44 (rev 01)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Fejl (uddyb nedenfor på engelsk), [ ] = prøvede det ikke
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: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Okay then; this is a weird scenario.
To get started, i swapped my everyday WD disk with an old 10GB IBM-disk
and tried installing Sarge on that one.
Install went well, apart from loading the 'Select which tasks your PC
will perform'-part that for some reason refused to start from the
installer. So i started it manually from cmdline, made my picks and
returned to the installer for the remainder of installation.
Worked like a charm ;)
I got so impressed, that replacing my Mandrake 10 install became a
matter of 'when', not 'if'... And I've been using Mandrake for the last
five years or so.
So, i set out to do another install - this time on my
everyday-WD-80GB-disk. Here, Sarge must coexist with an EvilEmpire-install.
And this time, averything went A-OK. No hickups, nothing.
Comment: For everyday use, i've gone GUI. The Synaptic
package-management-app is mind-bogglingly-good. Awesome!
Another comment: Sound is still a mess... Managed to get parts of it
going, but ALSA, GStreamer & Gnome seem to be not-so-well-integrated.
Video and ATI; From the start, I chose to forget about 3D-acceleration.
That's a pity, though. What happens on the area of X.org and
RV280-support? It seems to 'be in the making', or am i all wrong?
Yours,
Martin
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
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