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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: <i386 Debian business card ISO 2005-09-05-25>
uname -a: <didn't get that far>
Date: <2005-09-25 00:05 -600>
Method: <netinstall from testing business card ISO on CDROM,
ftp.us.debian.org, default install, no options>
Machine: <IBM 300PL 6594-A3U; AOpen 32X CDROM instead of stock LiteOn
LT485S>
Processor: PIII/800
Memory: 384M RDRAM
Root Device: <20G Maxtor EIDE>
Root Size/partition table: <single partition>
Output of lspci and lspci -n: didn't complete so not available
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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]
Comments/Problems:
<Everything went fine up through the reboot. When I first entered the apt
configuration part of the install, I selected ftp.debian.org, which was not
a good choice since I am in the U.S., but I could not go back to change it.
Unlike the expert mode, it did _not_ ask me if I wished to configure
alternate mirrors. I then selected the tasks desktop environment, web
server, file server, mail server, SQL server and standard system. I also
agreed to the popularity contest script. This configuration failed to
install, though the error messages were displayed for too short a time to
figure out what had gone wrong. The text screen that appeared just said to
try a different set of selections. That is not helpful as I did not want a
partial system installed.
Removing the popularity contest script still led to a failed install, as did
retrying the same set of tasks one more time. I then went back to the apt
config area of the installer and set up the ftp.us.debian.org mirror, and
_then_ it asked me if I wanted any others as it should. This should have
been an option when I mistakenly first chose ftp.debian.org, but it wasn't.
I configured two other mirrors. I also noticed that it asked if I wanted to
used the security.debian.org site, which is incorrect for the testing
distribution, but I said OK anyway. The install failed again.
I thought that perhaps the choice of security site was the problem, since
the suggested site was for the stable configuration. Redoing the apt config
section, I selected two different mirrors and declined to use the
security.debian.org site. It did not ask me if I wanted the popularity
contest again. The install failed again. I am out of ideas, since I cannot
see the error messages that flashed by so quickly. I will have to go back
to a the stable Sarge installer and then manually upgrade to testing.>
Regards,
Seth Goodman
Goodman Associates, LLC
tel 608.833.9933
fax 608.833.9966
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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,
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