Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 2004-01-09 people.debian.org/~manty/testing/...
uname -a: Linux swordfish 2.4.23-1-386 #1 Sun Nov 30 16:49:14 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-01-10, 20:00 - 0:20 hours CET
Method: How did you install? What did you boot off? If network
install, from where? Proxied?
Burnt the debian-installer image (the bigger, around 100M in size) on a
CDRW, and booted from that.
cdrom-detect: Detected CD 'Debian GNU/Linux testing "Sarge" - Official
NetInst Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20040109)'
I did not specify anything at the boot prompt first. Later I rebooted
since I could not see the bottom of the installation messages, and I
wrote: "Linux vga=ask" at the boot prompt. I have chosen 80x30, and that
way everything worked.
I did not have access to the Internet, so I did not download anything else.
Machine: Compaq Evo N610c
Processor: Pentium4 Mobile 1800
Memory: 256M
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
at installation time I have just created a 256M partition for /
After the installation, and base system installation I have installed
LVM, and now I am using logical volumes.
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller
(rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon
Mobility 7500]
02:04.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem (rev 02)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:06.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VM (KM) Ethernet
Controller (rev 42)
02:0e.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
02:0e.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
02:0e.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [ ]
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]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
For some reason the installer thought that I had a 80x30 display, and it
tried to use that area. I was in 80x25, so the last 5 lines were not
visible.
I managed to get through until the partitioning step, where I did not see
what cfdisk has printed, and I got lost.
I tried to solve the problem on another VT, but setting LINES did not
help, and I did not know what to do.
I rebooted, with vga=ask I have specified 80x30, and everything worked.
Thoughts: Even if I don't want an expert install, I would like to be asked
if I have network, or if I want to install network at all.
I would also like to be able to set the debconf question level before
configuring all the packages.
After installation the PCMCIA subsystem did not work. During installation
everything was loaded, but it seems that the installer forgot to include
yenta_socket into the list of modules to be loaded before trying the other
PCMCIA modules.
Anyway, good impression, good work.
Regards,
Gee
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