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Bug#261122: marked as done ([i386] [20040722] [floppy,network] various problems)

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and subject line Closing old installation report #261122
has caused the Debian Bug report #261122,
regarding [i386] [20040722] [floppy,network] various problems
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Package: installation-reports
Version: 20040723
Severity: normal

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 2004-07-22,
    downloaded from http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/floppy/
uname -a: Linux metalas 2.4.26-1-586tsc #1
    Sat May 1 16:46:38 EST 2004 i586 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-07-23
Method: floppy, then network (http://debian.vinita.lt, no proxy).

Machine: An old Pentium
Processor: Pentium 200
Memory: 32MB
Root Device: IDE (/dev/hda1)
Root Size/partition table:
    ~1800MB     /
    ~200MB      swap

Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430TX - 82439TX MTXC (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 01)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 01)
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)
0000:00:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 264VT
[Mach64 VT] (rev 40)


Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [E]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [E]
Create file systems:    [E]
Mount partitions:       [E]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Reboot:                 [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

expert installation.

Boy, that was *painful* :(

On boot the 'low RAM' dialog went on an infinite loop.  joeyh on IRC
said that the issue was fixed after the images I was using were build.
Went through with a workaround (used nano to change 'set -e' to 'set +e' in
/sbin/debian-installer-startup).

Then I had problems with the network: the first time I tried, my router
firewall didn't let the box through.  I fixed that (BTW, ping would be a
very nice thing to have...). Then I tried to install Debian stable.  Didn't
work (showed an error, I think it was something like "can't download",
but I'm not sure).  I reluctantly went on with Sarge (testing).

When the kernel module screen came up, I didn't bother unselecting the
unneeded ones.  Later, when I ran out of memory, I found out that rmmod
wasn't there!

Partitioning didn't work, I think because of memory shortage.  I would
get to the partitioning screen, choose 'Guided partitioning' (I'd have
chosen 'manual partitioning', but there was no such thing), and then I
would get bounced back to the main menu immediately.  I did the
partitioning manually with fdisk in the other console.

BTW, I'd like to have at least two extra consoles, but that's not
really important.

Then I ran into a problem when trying to install the base system.  I
think that before I managed to set up swap, the 'parted_server' daemon
got killed; the installer was trying to run the partition setup, which
would fail, then it would try to go on with the installation and failed
with 'no partition mounted on /target'.  I mounted the partition, but
the error didn't go away -- apparently the partitioning stage would
unmount /target every time it ran and then try to run parted (or
something else), which would fail, and then continue to the next stage.
I worked around by repeatedly executing the mount command on the other
console after pressing <Enter> to proceed with base installation (I
guess I managed to fit one of the mount commands in the time interval
after the partition was unmounted but before the next stage checked for
the mount).

Had I known that I would have to get through all this, I surely would
have used the Woody installer...  I had thought that d-i was pretty much
complete, and had expected to encounter maybe several minor glitches --
definitely not two near-showstoppers.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT.UTF-8

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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
against installation-reports.

Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.

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