Bug#173649: installation report
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: The first URL in that initial announcment. I donwloaded it the day it was posted [or so]
uname -a: Linux brendans-laptop 2.4.19-386 #1 Sun Oct 6 17:23:00 EST 2002 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Date: Thu Dec 19 06:09:55 UTC 2002
Method: booted off CD, dhcp network install
Machine: ibm thinkpad t22. Builtin [pci] ethernet.
Processor: pentium 3, 1000
Memory: 128 megs
Root Device: ide
Root Size/partition table: `echo p | fdisk /dev/hda`:
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4134.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help):
Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 4134 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 3181 24048328+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 3182 4134 7204680 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 3182 3241 453568+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 3242 4067 6244528+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 4068 4132 491368+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda8 4133 4134 15088+ 83 Linux
Command (m for help): Command (m for help): Command (m for help):
got EOF thrice - exiting..
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0c)
00:03.1 Serial controller: Lucent Microelectronics: Unknown device 045c (rev 01)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 13)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [E]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [E]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
First -- it seemed like none of the installation modules were installing. grub
didn't work, it just complained about no /sbin/grub-installer. pump didn't
work, it complained about libpopt0 not existing. If I manually udpkg -i'd the
correct udebs from the CD, those options would then work.
Bug with device drivers: it autodetected that I had an eepro100 ethernet
controller, but then it failed the modprobe. Turned out, eepro100 was sitting
in /lib/modules all fine, but it needed a depmod -a first. That's how I fixed
it at least.
The reboot didn't work too well. Two reasons, as I could see: 1) fstab had no
proc entry, so lots of stuff died without /proc. 2) the root ext3 filesystem
hadn't been cleanly unmounted by the installer, so fsck went nuts, and I got
jacked into single-user mode. Sometimes the reboot would work, though.
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