Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 11/05/2003 sarge-i386-businesscard.iso
uname -a: uname.txt
Date: 11/06/2003 19:30
Method: Network install from CD (using: "linux debug" on syslinux-prompt)
Machine: Selfbuilt system; Asus A7V mobo, Duron 650, 384MB PC133,
Adaptec 2940U scsi, Compaq WD4550W 4,3GB,
NEC Zip-drive 100MB (ATA), MS Explorer
USB/PS2 mouse (on KVM-switch), SB PCI128,
Nvidia TNT2 M64, Aopen CRW2440, MID 40X,
other HW not relevant.
Processor: Duron 650
Memory: 384MB PC133
Root Device: /dev/sda2
Root Size/partition table: n/a
Output of lspci: n/a
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [E]
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]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Great work! This must be the fastest installer ever. (But because I trashed my win2k partition I started all over again) No showstoppers, hardware detection worked (fast), sane defaults. Thus it is time to complain about aesthetics and such.
1) To the dutch translator: 'spiegelserver'!!? Dat is toch geen vertaling! Ik denk dat je of naar de creatieve oplossing van de vlaamse vertaler moet kijken, of je moet mirrorserver laten staan. Want 'spiegelserver' is zeker weten een compleet nieuw woord. Ik heb ook onvertaalde delen gezien, maar dat is vast werk in uitvoering.
2) I have a static network setup. Unfortunately the DHCP client is initiated automatically without a cancel option. It retries numerous times, fails, sleeps and stalls the download occasionaly while retrying and failing again. After I returned to the menu I selected static network setup item which was listed after the mirrorserver selection item. After the network setup d-i automatically starts downloading from the painfully slow ftp.us.debian.org mirror. Without a cancel option! I opened the second console killed the process and restarted the debian-installer. No settings lost, nice. Now I selected the fast dutch mirror and could continue.
3) I use grub, but didn't know there was a module untill the next install. Lilo installed fine. But why doesn't it have an option to install a dual boot menu?