Bug#385271: marked as done (Debian Installer unreliable)
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and subject line Closing old installation report #385271
has caused the Debian Bug report #385271,
regarding Debian Installer unreliable
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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: network
Image version: 10 Aug 2006, debian.org
Date: 10 Aug 2006
Machine: i386
Processor:
Memory:
Partitions:
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
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: [ ]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
The debian net-installer is highly unreliable in that it does neither
re-try to install packets it couldn't get from the net at first attempt
(e.g. after lost TCP connections) nor does it prompt the user what to do
in such case - it just ignores the packet. You end up with a system that
is half the packets missing - whithout ever having been notified about
this. I experienced that when my ISP had some problem and there was huge
packet loss on my connection. After reboot I ended up at the command
line login prompt, wondering whether the dist came without any desktop
environment. When the ISP's problem was fixed I tried "apt-get install
gnome", apt-get downloaded all new packages, and then hang at 99%.
Forver. Without CPU load. Reproducable. Did apt-get
clean/autoclean/update. Changed net source. No change.
Next day: re-format and re-install everything. This time everything
seemd to work fine, after reboot I got gnome by default. Now I
immediately wanted to install some other packages. BUT! Same problem
with apt-get on bigger packages! Small ones work fine, e.g. madplay. But
when I try "apt-get install xmms", it downloads first the new packages
and then just hangs at 99%, forever, without CPU load. Same problem with
lyx, which I tried next, and all other bigger packages. Now I don't know
if this is a problem with apt-get or again with the Debian Installer
having left out some packages???
Hope to get some feedback. Thanks in advance.
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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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