Package: installation-reports
Version: 2003-11-10
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version:
sarge-iso: 2003-11-10 (beta-1) (100 MB variant)
bootfloppy-image, floppy-image, cd_drivers-image:
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/
uname -a: Linux donald 2.6.0-test9 #1 Tue Oct 28 19:40:11 CET 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2003-11-11 17:00 CET
Method:
Since direct booting from the cd does not work (cf. #220048),
I used bootfloppy-image, floppy-image and loaded the cd_drivers-image.
The packages were fetched from the CD.
I have a network card, but it was not connected to anything during
installation.
Machine: handcrafted Desktop system
Motherboard: KinetiZ 7EV-A ATX (VIA KM133 chipset)
CD-ROM used: NEC DV-5500A (IDE)
Processor: AMD Duron 1.3 GHz
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda1
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/discs/disc0/disc: 13.0 GB, 13010264064 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 25209 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Mount
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 * 1 2072 1044193+ 83 Linux /
... [the other partitions were not used]
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 81)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a)
00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 43)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 11)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
It would be great if besides floppy-image.img and an USB stick, a
CD-ROM would be directly supported. I had to prepare three floppies
to install from CD-ROM which seems unnecessary to me.
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [E]
Same DHCP problem as in #220014. DHCP was attempted, then a
confusing error message appeared. DHCP should be attempted only once
(see below); if it fails, then the user should be presented a note
saying that the network must be configured manually, not just a
confusing "an error occurred". Besides the failing DHCP breaks the
automatic installation: presenting the main menu is really not
necessary here.
Detect CD: [O] DHCP
After this step, DHCP was reattempted. This happened quite often and
is very annoying. I marked the steps where this occurred with
"DHCP". If DHCP did not work once, then please forget about it.
Load installer modules: [O] DHCP
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O] DHCP
Mount partitions: [O] DHCP
Install base system: [O] DHCP
Install boot loader: [O] DHCP
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
I noticed that the buttons in some dialogs have the wrong order. E. g.
in the "configure and mount partitions" confirmation there are three
buttons (Yes, No, Back). If I'm at the righmost button and press
Cursor-Right, I land at the leftmost button. OTOH, I can press
Cursor-Left until I'm at the middle button, but cannot get to the
leftmost one by pressing Cursor-Left. Similar problem with error
messages with just two buttons (Cursor-Left goes right and vice
versa).
I did not install GRUB since I already have one (I installed sarge on
a free partition but don't want to destroy my "actual" installed sid).
I cannot boot the new partition (hda1) with my current grub, the
kernel always panics with "cannot mount root device 03:01". Neither
root=/dev/hda1 nor root=/dev/discs/disc0/part1 works.
Have a nice day!
Martin
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Martin Pitt Debian GNU/Linux Developer
martin@piware.de mpitt@debian.org
http://www.piware.de http://www.debian.org
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