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- To: submit@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Some Lenny install issues supposedly linked to win32-loader
- From: Jochen Plumeyer <jochen@plumeyer.org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:46:10 -0400
- Message-id: <200803261346.10874.jochen@plumeyer.org>
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: qemu virtual machine, both with and without the new "Windows
install" feature (win32-loader)
Image version: debian-testing-i386-kde-CD-1.iso
.disk/info:
Debian GNU/Linux testing "Lenny" - Official Snapshot i386 kde-CD Binary-1
20080314-21:55
Installation Date: 2008-03-16
Machine: qemu-0.8.2-4etch1, with kqemu acceleration
Processor: AMD Sempron
Memory: About 200MB for the virtual machines
Partitions: No partition problems
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
No hardware problems
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [ O]
Detect network card: [O ]
Configure network: [ O]
Detect CD: [ O]
Load installer modules: [O ]
Detect hard drives: [ O]
Partition hard drives: [ O]
Install base system: [ O]
Clock/timezone setup: [ E]
User/password setup: [ O]
Install tasks: [ E]
Install boot loader: [E]
Overall install: [ E]
Comments/Problems:
In fact I was surprised, how well this install ran, excellent work, folks!
Install tasks:
The "desktop" task installs, if the installation is started the classic way
via BIOS from CD. But it does not install, if the CD is started with the new
win32-loader mechanism from Windows ("XP SP2 spanish" in my case).
An "aptitude install kde kdm" solved it.
Clock/timezone setup:
I chose spanish localization, but the options for Carribean or even other
countries others than European did not show up in the install with
win32-loader.
Install boot loader:
The dialogue asked me, if grub should be installed in the (hd0) disk, I said
no, "please install grub in (hd0,1)", but the MBR of the disk has been
overwritten.
I thought the initial bootloader would be left untouched, but no.
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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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