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Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Beta 4 from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux bob166 2.4.26 #1 Sun May 16 23:22:59 BST 2004 i586 GNU/Linux
Date: Mon May 24 22:36:18 BST 2004
Method:
Booted from Debian Installer NetInst Snapshot i386. Then did a network
install over a cable modem with no proxy.
Machine:
Whitebox Intel TC430HX motherboard
Processor:
Intel Pentium 166MMX processor
Memory:
64 MB
Root Device:
2.4GB IDE Hard Disk
Root Size/partition table:
Partition Table for /dev/hda
First Last
# Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID) Flag
-- ------- ----------- ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------- ----
1 Primary 0 4531967 63 4531968 Linux (83) Boot
2 Primary 4531968 5007743 0 475776 Extended (05) None
5 Logical 4531968 5007743 63 475776 Linux swap (82) None
I went for 1 big partition, since its not a particularly large HD by todays
standards.
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
bob166:/proc# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430HX - 82439HX TXC [Triton II] (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II]
0000:00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] (rev 54)
0000:00:10.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 86)
bob166:/proc# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:1250 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 Class 0601: 8086:7000 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.1 Class 0101: 8086:7010
0000:00:0d.0 Class 0300: 5333:8811 (rev 54)
0000:00:10.0 Class 0200: 1106:3106 (rev 86)
bob166:/proc#
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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]
Comments/Problems:
Everything went fine with the install. However, installing X caused some
problems. The background to this machine is that it was given away by a
company becuase it is 'obsolete'. I am setting it up for my father to use
for web-surfing. Unfortunately, I could not get the graphics card working
for the version of XFree86 (4.3.0.dfsg.1-1) currently in sarge. It's a PCI
Diamond Multimedia Stealth 64 Video 2001 Series card with 1MB ram, which
has a S3 Trio 64V+ chipset. I tried S3, VESA & VGA drivers, but the best I
could come up with was a 640x480 VESA mode. So I installed Woody and got
Xfree86 version 3.3.6 running just fine with a 800x600 16bpp mode. However,
Sarge no longer supports Xfree86 3.3.6, and I would really prefer to be running
Sarge. So I reinstalled Sarge, and tried to build Xfree86 3.3.6 from source.
This effort failed, for various reasons (compiler related, I suspect).
I solved the problem by running a Woody chroot of Xfree86 3.3.6 in the Sarge
install. It appears to work well, although time will tell. IMHO it would be
nice if Debian supported older hardware without having to jump through such
hoops. I expect that recycling an old machine is a very common use case.
btw, abiword & gnumeric both ran acceptably fast on this machine -
congratulations to the developers!
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