Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 20031112, Beta 1, http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta-1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: Wed Nov 12 10:15:19 CET 2003
Method: Installing and booting from the CD.
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Processor:
Memory:
Root Device: <IDE? SCSI? Name of device?>
Root Size/partition table: <Feel free to paste the full partition
table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.>
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
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:
First booting from the cd shows the known splash screen, pressing enter
starts the installation.
I was able to choose my preferred language (first try with us english),
a few installer modules were loaded then a red background was shown with
a message about that the integrity check for pcmcia-cs-udeb and the
choices "go back" and "proceed". I think we should add a short
explanation what "integrity check failed" means here. Since it's a
workstation I'm installing on I don't need pcmcia, so I chose to
continue.
The list with possible next steps in the progress was a bit confusing as
I don't want to use network to install the system and it took me a
minute to realize that the next logical step is to "mount the cd" and
"install the base system", but that wasn't obvious, there should be some
hint about what the next step in the installation might be.
At this point I realized that I never chose a partition to install on
and the installer never asked me to partition a hard disk, I don't know
ATM where it is installing on ;)
Ok, I rebootet the machine to try again, this time using German as the
language. In the first few steps of the installer a lot messages haven't
been translateds, but that's ok for a beta.
Suddenly, a warning pops up about dhcp, a bad translation of
"please try again". Strange. That didn't show up the first try...
After pressing continue I was presented the main menu and again it was
confusing about what to do next.
Choosing "partition a hard disk" brings a list of hard disks in
devfs-notation, but trying to partition one of them leads to an error
message in, I think, dutch or so, about that partition this harddisk is
imposssible. Pressing enter brings up this list again, but this time
I was able to choose the harddisk and cfdisk comes up.
After partitioning the "partition a hard disk" box comes up again, I
think here it's better to jump to the main menue again.
Pressing finish then takes me to a screen with a non-moving progress bar
titled "configuring the network with dhcp, this may take a few
minutes", waiting at least 2 minutes takes me back to the main menu...
The mount partition dialog is nice, BUT there are WAY to many possible
choices: finish/cancel in the box with the partitions AND back/continue
at the bottom, this is confusing (like those windows installer programs
stating "press 'continue' to finish the installation" there are only
buttons for "back" and "continue" ;)!
The same goes for the question box "ready to create filesystems and
mount?", there are 3 choices but only 2 would make sense, additionally
the order in which these 3 choices can be reached via the arrow keys is
confusing.
Again, the dhcp-discovery box was show. This turns to be annoying since
I don't want to install via net, never chose to use dhcp and see no way
to cancel it apart from doing nothing for a minute. Annoying, too, is
the default cursor placement in the main menue, every time it is shown
up the cursor is placed at "configure the network via dhcp".
Choosing "install the base system" seems to install on the hard drive.
Suddenly, AGAIN, the dhcp-box was shown and the cursor was placed on
"configure the network via dhcp" in the main menu.
Next I tried "install the kernel", and AGAIN the dhcp box shows up...
Installing GRUB works, but shows the dhcp-box again.
I saved all the logs in /var/log at this point, they are attached to
this bugreport.
Hitting "finish the installation and reboot" ejects the cd and after
confirming the warning box.
GRUB installation works, the kernel comes up. The system hangs while the
dhcp client I never wanted tries to get an ip, then base-config welcomes
me in english, but the next screen is in german, nice!
Here the configuration works great, apart from a few not-yet-translated
questions, and the normal configuration work begins.
Great work, guys!
- Alexander
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux necromancer 2.4.22-ben2 #2 Wed Sep 24 17:59:07 CEST 2003 ppc
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
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