Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: daily from 2004-01-09 http://gluck.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/20040109/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: 2.4.23-1-386 Method: booted off daily CD image Machine: Standard PC Processor: Pentium II Memory: 384 MB Root Device: First with SCSI, then with IDE (both worked) Output of lspci: 50:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~] lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2064W [Millennium] (rev 01) 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 22) 00:0c.0 RAID bus controller: CMD Technology Inc PCI0680 (rev 02) 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang] 51:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~] lspci -n 00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03) 00:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03) 00:07.0 Class 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02) 00:07.1 Class 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01) 00:07.2 Class 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01) 00:07.3 Class 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02) 00:0a.0 Class 0300: 102b:0519 (rev 01) 00:0b.0 Class 0200: 1011:0009 (rev 22) 00:0c.0 Class 0104: 1095:0680 (rev 02) 00:0e.0 Class 0200: 10b7:9050 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: [O] didn't leave an option Reboot: [O] too much crap was installed [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: 1. Progress bar "Installing base packages..." wait at 75% 2. LILO offers no "go back" 3. Too many packages installed 4. A filed /tmp-Xhack existed, which certainly shouldn't exist. 5. loop in base-config (setting up APT) The installation went without any problems. Just minor things which have been reported already, and the two following issues: 1. At "Installing base packages..." the progress bar stayed at 75% for quite a while. I think this has been reported before, but I don't think it's fixed yet. This PC isn't particularly slow, but it waited there for quite a while. It would be nice to have a better update of the progress bar. I stored the output of "ps aux" in a file in case you don't know what's going on at 75%. 2. One thing I'm not sure has been reported before is the LILO installer only gave you the choice to "continue". There was no "go back", which is a pity because I really wanted to install GRUB instead. After the install: 3. Too many packages are installed. There is crap like eject which I'll certainly never need. I understand you need this during d-i to eject the CD, but please remove it right at the beginning of base-config. This package doesn't have to be on every installation. Also, kernel-pcmcia-* & pcmcia-cs was installed even though this is a PC without PCMCIA. Please only install this if PCMCIA is available. libopencdk8 & libgnutls7 was installed, even though nothing depends on it? Also, ash was installed (along with dash), even though ash is just a transition package for dash. ipchains was installed? *boggle* fdutils was installed (the PC doesn't have a floppy drive...). read-edid & mdetect: this should be removed after X configuration (or are they needed to run X? I think they're only for configuration, right). [I'm aware these are issues in base-config, debootstrap and probably others. Please clone/reassign as appropriate.] 4. A file /tmp-Xhack exists after install, which certainly shouldn't exist. 5. There was a loop in base-config when setting up APT. I chose "ftp", chose "enter information" (or what it's called), entered the name and directory of a FTP Debian server, and when I pressed okay I was back in the menu where I can choose between cdrom/http/ftp/etc. It wouldn't let me continue... so I pressed "cancel". Also, the apt sources line said "main contrib" (two space, should be one). And why is contrib in there anyway? -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux unjust.cyrius.com 2.4.23-1-386 #1 Sun Nov 30 16:49:14 EST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
