Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Debian-Installer beta 3 released uname -a: Linux sarge 2.4.25-1-i386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 GNU/Linux Date: Mar 19th 2004 3 pm CET Method: Boot with installer CD, Installation through internet connection to ftp from fht-esslingen.de - no proxy use Machine: VMWare 4.5 Processor: Athlon 2000+ Memory: 256 MB (in VM) Root Device: VMWare Scsii Root Size/partition table: around 1.9 GB for / - 150MB swap Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [ ] 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: - installer didn't detect that the / partition was too small for the installation - it also didn't tell me how much space it would need, so I had to install on "good luck" which failed - after installation I ran base-config again... and without me chosing anything it installed packages from woody!!! In /etc/apt/source.conf there was everything commented out except security.debian.... stable....! - later I edited source.conf and ran apt-get dist-upgrade... now it installed again testing - running base-config again... just for looking at it... and it continued installing things - X-server doesn't run - I give it up and try to install from scratch. Although I have a lot of experience in Linux, FreeBSD and so on, I don't know much of debian... so I am sorry if my explanations are not filled up with debian-internal knowledge - Well, a positive thing.... the new installer is much better than the one of woody - but still it's harder to get Debian to run than FreeBSD :( Greetings, Oliver
