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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Debian Installer Beta 4
uname -a: Linux inordinate 2.6.7-1-686 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:36:53 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 17 Jul 2004, 1:00 PM
Method: Debian Installer Beta 4 CD linked to from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/, network install from http://ftp.us.debian.org
Machine: Dell Inspiron 3200
Processor: PII 266 Mhz
Memory: 64 MB
Root Device: /dev/hda: 3.2 GB IDE HDD
Root Size/partition table: /dev/hda5 swap - 170 MB
/dev/hda1 root - 3 GB
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom
/dev/hdc /cdrom
- I went with whatever DI recommended and this is the partition table it came up with. Also, I believe that it put the swap partition on a logical partition, very odd.
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD] (rev 01)
0000:00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
0000:00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI131 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [X]
Configure network HW: [X]
Config network: [X]
Detect CD: [X]
Load installer modules: [X]
Detect hard drives: [X]
Partition hard drives: [X]
Create file systems: [X]
Mount partitions: [X]
Install base system: [X]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [X]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
For no apparent reason the boot loader failed to install, both GRUB and LILO. I rebooted and attempted to use the DI CD as a rescue CD, which failed miserable, and ended up booting off a very old boot floppies CD. From there, I mounted the DI4 CD, installed LILO off of CD (which worked), and rebooted. Later on I was able to successfully switch to GRUB. After rebooting, the PCMCIA packages were not installed, so I remounted the CD, installed the necessary PCMCIA packages and rebooted again. Following this, I was able to upgrade to unstable without problem.
I used a 3Com 3C562D/3C563D to install from and then switched to a Linksys WPC11v4. This posed no problem.
DHCP discovery took two or three attempts to finally setup the network.
Finally, the partition table has much oddness and /dev/hdc is not linked to /dev/cdrom.
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful
The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet.
In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.
You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.
If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
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Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
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