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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Beta 4, obtained on 2004-08-02 from www.mirror.ac.uk
uname -a: Linux panther 2.4.25-1-386 #2 Wed Apr 14 19:38:08 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-08-03 20h00
Method: Boot off CD ISO image, install via HTTP from www.mirror.ac.uk
Machine: Dell Latitude CPt laptop
Processor: Intel Celeron (Mendocino) 466MHz
Memory: 256MB
Root Device: /dev/hda, IDE
Root Size/partition table: One partition mounted at /, one swap partition
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
0000:00:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (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 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 03)
0000:00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E (rev 10)
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
Base System Installation Checklist:
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: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Install was performed by my wife, an experienced "user" but by no means technical (she has never before installed *any* OS, that's my dept). Issues she experienced:
- She wasn't sure what the partitioning screen was all about, but decided to let the installer do its thing
- She did not understand the questions about keymaps, but selected the correct (default) option
- The Exim config screen confused her; she had specified only a desktop installation, and was concerned that a mail server was being installed
- Questions about PCMCIA confused her - she didn't know what PCMCIA was. I told her it stands for "People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms". She nonetheless selected the correct (default) option.
- X configuration - she was unable to select the correct X server, so chose the VESA (default) server; this resulted in the wrong resolution for the TFT display, and the correct options not being available. She was unable to fix this, so I had to.
Other than that, she proceeded confidently; on her own, she completed an installation that included KDE and office software, connected to the network correctly, sound drivers working etc. She was really pleased, but kudos to the debian-installer team.
Although she quickly figured out the navigation of the screens, it might be useful to have a launch page explaining what the cursor, tab, space and enter keys do. She didn't think graphics/text mode would make much difference.
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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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