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INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: beta1 i386 BusinessCard
uname -a: Linux localhost 2.4.22-1-686 #6 Sat Oct 4 14:09:08 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
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Date: Wed Nov 12 20:52:52 EST 2003
Method: Booted from BusinessCard iso, installed rest from net
Machine: "Black box" bought August 2003
Processor: Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE (/dev/hda4)
Root Size/partition table:
Installed into a new partition on my development box (about
6000 MB), mounted as / -- this is the only partition used, although
the install seems to have automagically found my previous swap
partition.
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to AGP Controller (rev 02)00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB2 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV280 [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5941 (rev 01)
02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
02:02.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)02:02.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1050 (rev 01)
The Ethernet controller is an Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 or
something similar (driver: eepro100)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
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:
The install went almost perfectly. Thank you to the debian-installer
team for their efforts!
I have a few minor things I'd like to mention:
- the "Retreiving Packages" screen's dialog box changed sizes as each
new filename was displayed (longer file names, bigger box). It would be
nice if it stayed the same size.
- when retreiving packages, virtual terminal 4 gave me a lot of error
messages of the type "Retrying failed download of ....". Also, it would
be better if the selection of mirror was a higher priority (or at least
an option to change along the way)
- Installing LILO on to hard disk should give options (i.e. Select)
rather than suggesting primary hard drive or on the root partition and
then providing an edit box -- this will confuse new users ("what the
hell does /dev/ide/..../disc mean?" -- if it were /dev/hda or /dev/hda4
it might be easier...)
- At the Reboot screen, the wrong CD-drive was ejected. This is really
not a serious issue, it was rather comical :-) I had my CD in the
second CD drive and the 1st was ejected.
- After the reboot (this may be a base-config thing?) my NIC driver
(eepro100) was not automatically loaded, so I could not download the
rest of the packages. A new user would have been quite confused, but
luckly I know how to switch to another virtual terminal and do a
# modprobe eepro100
# /etc/init.d/networking restart
- base-config (again...) seemed to give me a random selection of 5
Canadian mirrors instead of all of them (this seemed unexpected)
Anyways, I'd just like to thank everyone for their work on
debian-installer. AFAICT, only a few bugs remain for i386.
Thanks,
--
Duncan Findlay
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