I spent this morning reinstalling my server that runs as:
firewall/cooker-mirror. It was rsynced from sunsite.uio.no
as of 0100 EET this morning.
1. used 'gendistrib --distrib ...' on the mirror to prepare for install
2. created boot floppy from hd.img
3. booted, selected textmode, and Finnish as Install language:
- [BUG 1] the text (extended characters?) in finnish does not
show up right, for example 'ä' shows up as 'Ã' followed
by
a question mark in a filled box. (this does not happend
when doing a graphical install)
4. when asked to choose partitions, choosing 'custom disk partitioning':
- [BUG 2] it fails, ddebug.log states 'warning: Can't call method
"cylinder_size"
on unblessed reference at
/usr/bin/perl-install/diskdrake/interactive.pm
line 1126.' and returns to 'choose partitions'
window...
- Chosing 'use existing...' gets the install to continue as it
should...
5. after choosing partitions 'md0 to md5' (/boot, SWAP, /, /usr, /var,
/home):
- [BUG 3] the installer tells me 'formatting /dev/md2' (wich is a 180MB
sized / )
this takes wer long, so I switch to <Alt-F3> to see if
it checks for
'bad blocks', but it is actually running a filesystem
check 'on /dev/hdc1'
wich is a 60GB partition containing the cooker mirror
etc...
- after that the system formatted my selected partitions with almost no
delay in
the install process...
6. Network install from the 'summary window':
- [BUG 4] I selected ADSL, PPPoE, and was presented with a window
asking
for Provider Name, Primary and secondary DNS, and
Password,
BUT NO USERNAME...
7. Back to the Summary Window:
- [BUG 5] There in no way to get past that window...
( shouldn't there be a 'done' choice at the bottom of
that list )
- Only way to continue is to do a reboot C-A-D works, but leaves
filesystems in 'dirty' state...
8. When the system boots the first time:
- bug above leaves the system in a 'mess', but that I wont mention now
...
- [BUG 6] the same text problems shows up as in point 3, until the
initscripts
get to this point:
- 'Mounting local filesystems...' still has the
problems
- the next line 'Checking ...' has not...
- If the system is installed with graphical install, bug 6 does not
exist.
- so, is this some sort of 'initrd bug', transferring the installer
text settings
errors to the booting system... (this also happends with MDK 9.0)
9. a side note: could the rawritewin.exe on the install cd be updated from
the used version 0.3 to version 0.7 that is found at:
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm
it works better on my WinXP...
Thomas
