Hello all,
I did a simple installation (2 partitions / + /boot, no LVM, no
raid) on my crash box. This is what I found.
The bad news:
Using mantys netinst CD (2003-12-30) with "net" boot method
still fails on the already reported di-utils-devicefiles.
The good news:
Using "expert", i.e. installing from CD rather than from apt
repository on the network works fine! So this
problem/dependency/whatever lurks on the mirrors rather than
the installer image?
Q: is ftp2.de.d.o a good choice for "bleeding edge"? Is there a
problem (apart from just taking some time) in the replication
across mirrors?
Overall:
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I'm impressed with the installer! Thank you all very much for grinding
this out!
Cheers,
Erich
Debian-installer-version:
30-Dec-2003 sarge-i386-netinst.iso from
http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/daily/
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: [ ]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Minor quirks:
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* detect hw (1st run)
+ Loading ide-disk reported an error, because is is already
loaded. This has been reported before.
+ When booting "net", ide-cd failed with unresolved symbols
(see below). Is this supposed to work?
+ When booting "expert", ide-scsi failed to load with an error
message. Since I don't need it, I didn't bother. Is this a
(known) problem?
* configure network
On the CD image, there is still the version, where
"Configure network using dhcp" and
"configure static network"
show up as two different items. I think, I have seen this
merged into one line with a selection screen on a CVS image,
so don't bother.
* Choose a mirror
Strange sorting in the country list, Germany (de) comes
before Denmark (dk) :-)
* Install the base system
For Info: 75% is where the postinst/configure/update actions
take place, the disk is used, but not heavily. (several ps
aux) Someone mentioned this, so I had a look :-)
* Install Grub Bootloader
into "sda4" (root partition)
IMHO (hd1,3), not understandable by innocent folks --- worse: I
cannot get out at this point AND if I leave the default
'(hd0)', my MBR is gone. This has been reported before. This
is not a problem for me, but for beginners.
IMHO: I would heavily recommend a "create a boot floppy"
option here (like in woody). I recommended this option to all
those, who were requesting my assistance at installation time
--- and wanted to keep their Windows partition working. With
a boot floppy I believe it is simpler for beginners. Just my
2 cent.
so: make this a wish list item then?
--- Configuring the base system...
Is this still the right list here?
* Configure the keyboard ...
Nothing did happen, returned to screen quickly
Unfortunately, I do not find any hints in /var/log/...
Error? Not a problem for me at this time and unless it's
confirmed by someone else, of course.
* Turned out that adduser failed. Digging in /var/log/base-config.log:
/var/log/dpkg/info/passwd.config: line 283: 711 Segmentation fault \
adduser --disabled-password --gecos "$RET" "$USER" >/dev/null
chpasswd: line 1: unkown user xxxxx
the second line looks like a consequense of the first.
Later, on the shell prompt, adduser worked like a charm.
* Set the host name
and
* configure apt
apt-get update failed.
turned out that
/etc/hosts
/etc/network/interfaces
/etc/resolv.conf
were not filled with the information given in the first stage of the
installation. However, /etc/hostname was filled correctly, and the kernel
modules for the ethernet card were loaded.
This problem has been reported before, too, and possibly fixed.
* Select packages to install
uups, installs read-edid and mdetect (and more?) behind my neck! :-)
Menu to choose between tasksel | aptitude | dselect
WOW! Cool! Big applause here, folks!
Selected aptitude, everyting worked as expected.
* pcmcia-cs was installed despite the box not having any hw
needing it. Most probably known feature.
* Install selected packages
I was wondering, what this would do, after I had installed stuff using
aptitude already. Well, adds perl and libdb4.0. That's fine with me.
Without Debconf_priority=low or medium, I probably won't see this item
anyway.
* no install_report.template in /root
I think this was mentioned also.
The Gory Details:
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uname -a:
Linux dione 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i586 GNU/Linux
Date:
Tue Dec 30 20:33:00 CET 2003
Method:
expert
Machine:
OLD
Processor:
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 5
model : 6
model name : AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 200.461
cache size : 64 KB
Memory:
MemTotal: 321952 kB
MemFree: 163292 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 310984 kB
SwapFree: 310984 kB
Root Device:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda4 ext3 1788296 240608 1456848 15% /
/dev/hda1 ext3 475860 12918 438374 3% /boot
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 18.0 GB, 18042716160 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2330 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 65 491368+ 83 Linux /boot
Disk /dev/sda: 4265 MB, 4265238016 bytes
132 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1017 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8184 * 512 = 4190208 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda3 498 573 310992 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda4 * 574 1017 1816848 83 Linux /
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 ISA [Mobile South] (rev 23)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 11)
00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 Power Management (rev 30)
00:12.0 Communication controller: NetMos Technology: Unknown device 9805 (rev 01)
00:13.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
00:14.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c860 (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model
64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:0598 (rev 04)
00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:8598
00:07.0 Class 0601: 1106:0596 (rev 23)
00:07.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 10)
00:07.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 11)
00:07.3 Class 0600: 1106:3050 (rev 30)
00:12.0 Class 0780: 9710:9805 (rev 01)
00:13.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8029
00:14.0 Class 0100: 1000:0006 (rev 02)
01:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:002d (rev 15)
Comments/Problems:
* failure to load ide-cd on "net"
* Error while running 'modprobe -v ide-cd'
vc/3:
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22-1-386/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd.o
insmod: unresolved symbol register_cdrim_R4a61744f
insmod: unresolved symbol cdrom_get_last_written_R78263467
insmod: unresolved symbol cdrom_mode_sekect_Rcf102018
insmod: unresolved symbol cdrom_ioctl_R3a71c154
insmod: unresolved symbol init_cdrom_command_RRfacde1b5
insmod: unresolved symbol cdrom_mode_sense_R441c9253
insmod: unresolved symbol cdrom_open_R4f53d463
insmod: unresolved symbol cdrom_media_changed_R0054e9fe
insmod: unresolved symbol unregister_cdrom_R703d3575
insmod: unresolved symbol cdrom_number_of_slots_R5d8f3672
insmod: unresolved symbol cdrom_release_Ra30d59c1
insmod ide-cd
modprobe: failed to load module ide-cd
vc/4:
no error hint
cdrom not visible in /dev/ide/...
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