installation report
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: sarge-i386-netinst.iso 09-Apr-2003
from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/
uname -a: Linux Shuttle 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686
unknown unknown GNU/Linux (Note: the install failed, so I ended up installing
using boot-floppies then dist-upgrading to sid).
Date: 10-Apr-2003 8:00pm - 12:00amEST
Method: (1) Boot from CD, Network install from ftp://ftp.egr.msu.edu
(2) Boot and install from CD. All notes apply to both installs except where
specified.
Machine: homemade - Shuttle AV49N motherboard
Processor: Intel Celeron 2.0GHz
Memory: PNY 256 MB DDR PC2700
Root Device: /dev/hda - IDE - Maxtor DiamondMAx 40GB
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 79656 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
empty /dev/hda1 1 3969 2000344+ 83 Linux
/boot /dev/hda2 * 3970 4009 20160 83 Linux
/ /dev/hda3 * 4010 13931 5000688 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 13932 79656 33125400 5 Extended
/home /dev/hda5 13932 53615 20000704+ 83 Linux
/usr /dev/hda6 53616 63537 5000656+ 83 Linux
/var dev/hda7 63538 66514 1500376+ 83 Linux
swap /dev/hda8 66515 67507 500440+ 82 Linux swap
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8374 P4X400 Host Controller/AGP
Bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus
Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio
Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY
[Radeon 7000/VE]
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [?](1)
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O](2)
Create file systems: [O](2)
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
(1) The machine booted just fine, and the install seemed to be going well. I
put a ? for Load installer modules, because I'm not sure how that went.
After or while loading rootskel_0.26_i386_udeb, I got the message:
tar: ./linuxrc: Text file busy
corrupted status flag
Then, I got "corrupted status flag" after every following package. However,
all of the modules seemed to load.
(2) The installer seemed to go well from that point, too, except that I had to
choose menu items 13, 14, and 15 instead of 12. Configure & mount partitions.
When I would choose this step, I would get this message:
Couldn't locate module linear.
Then the menu would come back. Using the alternative "Partition harddrive",
"Create filesystems", and "Mount partitions" (I'm not sure of those names -
didn't write them down) worked great. (/boot is ext2, the others are ext3).
(CD install only: ) Early on, I selected to install sid rather than sarge.
When I got to the point of installing the base-system from CD, it failed
because there was no /dists/sid available on the CD - only dists/unstable.
Adding that symlink for the CDs shouldn't be too hard.
I could not install the base-system. Anna? downloaded a package whose name I
forget, then apt_0.5.4, but then always segfaulted while installing
apt_utils_0.5.4.
So, as this will be my home machine, I went ahead and installed using my
boot-floppies CD and dist-upgraded to sid.
Thanks for all the hard work you are putting into the installer, D-I people.
Josh Metzler
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