Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Debian Installer Beta 4 uname -a: Linux inordinate 2.6.7-1-686 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:36:53 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 17 Jul 2004, 1:00 PM Method: Debian Installer Beta 4 CD linked to from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/, network install from http://ftp.us.debian.org
Machine: Dell Inspiron 3200
Processor: PII 266 Mhz
Memory: 64 MB
Root Device: /dev/hda: 3.2 GB IDE HDD
Root Size/partition table: /dev/hda5 swap - 170 MB
/dev/hda1 root - 3 GB
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom
/dev/hdc /cdrom - I went with whatever DI recommended and this is the partition table it came up with. Also, I believe that it put the swap partition on a logical partition, very odd.
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD] (rev 01)
0000:00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
0000:00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI131 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [X] Configure network HW: [X] Config network: [X] Detect CD: [X] Load installer modules: [X] Detect hard drives: [X] Partition hard drives: [X] Create file systems: [X] Mount partitions: [X] Install base system: [X] Install boot loader: [E] Reboot: [X] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
For no apparent reason the boot loader failed to install, both GRUB and LILO. I rebooted and attempted to use the DI CD as a rescue CD, which failed miserable, and ended up booting off a very old boot floppies CD. From there, I mounted the DI4 CD, installed LILO off of CD (which worked), and rebooted. Later on I was able to successfully switch to GRUB. After rebooting, the PCMCIA packages were not installed, so I remounted the CD, installed the necessary PCMCIA packages and rebooted again. Following this, I was able to upgrade to unstable without problem.
I used a 3Com 3C562D/3C563D to install from and then switched to a Linksys WPC11v4. This posed no problem.
DHCP discovery took two or three attempts to finally setup the network.
Finally, the partition table has much oddness and /dev/hdc is not linked to /dev/cdrom.
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