Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: business-card CD i386 03-27-2004 daily build uname -a: Linux sauron 2.4.25-1-686 #1 Tue Feb 24 10:55:59 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Mar 28 Method: Boot from Debian Business Card CD (in hdc); additional packages from internet (unstable) Machine: NEC Direction Processor: Pentium III (Coppermine) Memory: 256 MB Root Device: I installed spare IDE disk as hdb and used that for install Root Size/partition table: hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 20 (unused for this install) hdb: Maxtor 90430D3 hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100 hdd: PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-114 Disk /dev/hdb: 4311 MB, 4311982080 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 524 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Mounted as /dev/hdb1 1 135 1084356 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb2 136 524 3124642+ 5 Extended /dev/hdb5 136 176 329301 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb6 481 500 160618+ 83 Linux /home /dev/hdb7 501 524 192748+ 82 Linux swap swap /dev/hdb8 177 358 1461883+ 83 Linux / /dev/hdb9 359 480 979933+ 83 Linux Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP] 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22) 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 10) 00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10) 00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30) 00:0e.0 Network controller: Eicon Technology Corporation Diva 2.01 S/T PCI (rev 01) 00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 43) 00:11.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07) 00:11.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RF/SG AGP Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [E] - No DHCP 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: ISSUE 1 - No DHCP found during 1st stage installation This worked fine during earlier installations (last was Beta3). I solved this by configuring the box with static networking and later changed the configuration manually to DHCP. ISSUE 2 - Some important modules not loaded after reboot In the bootmessages I found the following lines: <snip> Discovering hardware: emu10k1 parport_pc ignore usb-uhci hisax ignore via-rhine Skipping emu10k1; assuming it is build into the kernel Skipping parport_pc; assuming it is build into the kernel Skipping usb-uhci; assuming it is build into the kernel Skipping hisax; assuming it is build into the kernel Skipping via-rhine; assuming it is build into the kernel <snip> I ended up without network and sound! A manual 'modprobe' of the missing modules and restarting networking fixed this. It seems like ide-scsi is not discovered any longer. It was during previous installations (I need it for my cd-writer and added it manually to /etc/modules). ISSUE 3 - Error message after 2nd stage installation Error: should never end up here when using 'ANSI_X3.4-1968' I also noticed there was a mode change for my videocard at one point, I'm not sure if that was at the start of stage 1 or stage 2. I don't know if this is related, but I did not see this during earlier installations. ISSUE 4 - Error as a result of choosing 'en' as language First: I think this choice should be the default (and not en_US)! I did 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' after installation. Probably because I selected 'en' during 1st stage, there was an option 'en ISO-8859-1' in the list. After I added some more locales and confirmed, I got the following error: Locales: en Generating locales en.ISO-8859-1 cannot open locale definition file `en': No such file or directory After I deselected this option in the list, the locales where generated OK. ISSUE 5 - partman: should renumber partitions? I choose to manually change the partitions on /dev/hdb. The old layout was: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Mounted as /dev/hdb1 1 135 1084356 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb2 136 524 3124642+ 5 Extended /dev/hdb5 136 176 329301 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb6 177 480 2441848+ 83 Linux / /dev/hdb7 481 500 160618+ 83 Linux /home /dev/hdb8 501 524 192748+ 82 Linux swap swap The new layout is listed at the top of this report. I deleted the old hdb6 and created two new partitions in the resulting free space. It is not entirely consistent that the old partitions 7 and 8 are renumbered to 6 and 7, but that there is no renumbering after the new partitions are created. This results in a partitionnumbering that does not reflect the physical order on the disc. Would it be possible to renumber the partitions to reflect their physical order? I know other tools (partition magic) do this. The result in my situation would then be: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Mounted as /dev/hdb1 1 135 1084356 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb2 136 524 3124642+ 5 Extended /dev/hdb5 136 176 329301 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb6 177 358 1461883+ 83 Linux / /dev/hdb7 359 480 979933+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb8 481 500 160618+ 83 Linux /home /dev/hdb9 501 524 192748+ 82 Linux swap swap -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
