* christian mock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-20 19:05]: > installation report revealing a show-stopper:
The show-stopper is the network configuration, right? > - it asks for an IP address and other network config data -- it should > just use the data it already has gotten via DHCP (ISTR the woody > netinst does just that) unstable has a new netcfg package which is quite broken. This also explains the wrong IP address and /etc/network/interfaces not being updated. This netcfg probably won't make it to rc1 - the only reason I wanted you to test unstable is to see if the ext2 revision 0 boot partition works. The problem here why DHCP is not started automatically is that the new netcfg looks for a MII signal to see whether you're connectec to the network; but for some reason it fails (the Cobalt can do MII). > - it mis-configures the IP address -- I entered > "192.168.55.18", but it ifconfig's 192.168.55.255. Yes, I tried that > twice to make sure I didn't mistype the address :-) I'll forward this to the netcfg maintainer. Can you check in /var/log/debian-installer/package-versions which version of netcfg was used? But if you did the install today, I guess it was 0.64. Yeah, must be 0.64. > - The first time when asking for a debian mirror, it didn't ask if I > wanted http or ftp; the second time around, it does. Also, it This is normal / a known bug. I think the mirror list should include whether the mirror does http or ftp. And when you enter a custom mirror, it should always ask you (I filed a bug about this a long time ago). > - in the "load installer components" screen, I selected "continue", > all of the offered modules were unselected by default and left that > way. That's okay because those modules are only optional modules; those which are required were not shown. Did the menu not make that clear? > - partitioning: the disk already had partitions and file systems from > the last test; choose "partitioning method: erase entire disk". > | > #1 primary 98.6 MB B f ext2r0 /boot # | > | > #2 primary 19.8 GB f ext3 / # | > | > #5 logical 518.1 MB f swap swap # | > - reboot works well, machine comes up fine. Good, so it works! > [many hours later... boy, is that box sloooow!] Really? It takes about 45 minutes here (fast network connection). How long does it take for you (roughly)? > - in base-config, there's no visual indication of the active button -- > both look exactely like this (i.e. no bold or inverse or stuff, > cursor is somewhere else): > . Is the hardware clock set to GMT? . > . <Yes> <No> . Did you do the installation without a colour-enabled terminal program? > - line editing characters (^U, ^A, ...) don't work in text entry fields. Do you know if that worked before? > I'll be mighty busy the next two weeks, and maybe I'll not have a > RAQ available afterwards... maybe I could do another test install > next sunday. Ah, thanks for testing. I'll try to get the ext2 revision 0 program pushed into testing before Sunday, so if you could do an installation of "testing" on Sunday this would be appreciated. This should work 100% without any problems, and if there are any, we have to fix them for rc1. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
