Package: installation-reports
Version: 2003-09-25
Severity: normal
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 2003-09-25, http://people.debian.org/~sjogren/d-i/images/daily/
uname -a: Linux localhost 2.4.22-1-k7 #1 Sat Sep 6 02:13:04 EST 2003 i686 GNU Linux
Date: 2003-09-25 23:00
Method: How did you install? What did you boot off? If network
install, from where? Proxied?
I used floppy-image.img to boot and the net_drivers-image.img for a
maximum network install. I did not use a proxy.
Machine: Put together on my own, no name
Processor: AMD Duron 1.3 GHz
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE, /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
Root Size/partition table: Feel free to paste the full partition
table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.
root@donald:~$ env LANG=C fdisk -l
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 13.0 GB, 13010264064 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 25209 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 2072 1044193+ 83 Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 2072 25198 11655157+ 5 Extended
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 2072 2566 248976 82 Linux swap
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 2567 4431 939771 83 Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 4431 4845 208813+ 83 Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 4846 8814 2000061 83 Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part9 8814 9786 489951 83 Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part10 9786 11730 979933+ 83 Linux
part5-10 contain my actual working Debian and were not touched during
installation. part1 was used for testing the d-i, it was used as the
root (and only) partition.
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 81)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a)
00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 43)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 11)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [E]
Mount partitions: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [O] (with problems)
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
These are the problems/suggestions I have, in the order of appearance:
- language selection should be the first thing to do
- floppy retriever was the only possibility -> no need to ask
- after loading the floppy-retriever, I was offered three modules:
ethdetect, mirrorchoose and a 3rd I forgot :-( -> theese were needed
all three, should be selected by default!
- DHCP settings confirmation: <go back> does not work
- keyboard selection: only offered USB and AT, no PS/2 (AT worked,
though)
- after selecting the mirror, the menu option "execute a shell" is
preselected -> that should be "load installer modules"; it is
unclear at this point what to do
- installer modules: _way_ too many options; don't display the libs
please
- HW detection: a list of detected HW would be nice
- partition configuration: device names are too long, fs to create and
mount point get invisible
- reiserfs creation is not available, even though I loaded the
reiserfs tools module
- I did not tell d-i to use the swap partition on part5, however, it
tried to activate it; d-i should not touch partitions
it was not told to!
- configuring the partitions a second time fails because the
partitions are already mounted; they should be unmounted before; in
addition, d-i tries to activate the already activated swap
partition a second time, which failed
- download of Packages.gz: slider does not work, stays at 0%
- download of base packages: URL is way too long; please only show the
file name
- after installing the base system, "install kernel" should be
preselected, not "configure partitions"
- rebooting after installing the kernel does not work since I am
forced to install grub or lilo; I already have a working grub for my
actual system
- trying to install grub on (fd0) fails. I did not want to destroy my
already working version on (hd0).
- trying to install lilo on /dev/floppy/0 gives an error message, but
d-i is satisfied nevertheless, thus I could eventually choose
"finish and reboot"
- when displaying the "finish and reboot" dialog, <go back> does not
work; you are forced to proceed
- when booting the system the first time and executing base-config,
no keymap was loaded (I chose "german", "de-latin-nokeadkeys" in
d-i); this should be respected
All in all, my general impression was that d-i feels more complicated
than b-f. The modular system is a great architecture, but it should be
hidden from end users.
Please feel free to ask about particular details.
BTW: many messages in d-i are not translated to de-de. Do you need
help here?
Martin
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Martin Pitt
home: www.piware.de
eMail: martin@piware.de
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