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Debian-installer-version: <8/18/2004 RC1> uname -a: Linux Date: 8/18/2004 15:00 Method: <NetInst What did you boot off? CDRom Machine: <Dell Inspiron 4000 Processor: PIII Memory: 256Mb Root Device: /dev/hda3 Root Size/partition table: 19.5 Mb Output of lspci: 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] Reboot: [O] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: I used this install to test the use of a wireless card for network access. My card (Linksys WPC11v3) was detected and worked perfectly. ***PROBLEM: The new installation routine does not install development tools. The nature of Linux with the near standard of ./configure make makes the resultant system very weak. In addition, adding the tools afterward is very error prone. I've used apt to install gcc, g++, etc and (after 2 days) am still not able to compile because of a missing cc1plus. Older versions of the installer made installation of development tools a simple matter of one selection during installation. Either apt needs to be able to actually install working compilers or the installer needs to be able to set up the compilation tools - preferably both should work. The removal of the feature to install development tools makes the installation of Linux from this version of the installer all but useless. Please consider putting the ability to install development tools as part of the base install back in the intaller. This change is a giant step backward. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFBJfn5jeziQOokQnARAnnUAJitKKGnEc9MFuHoo5e2mjL6YwfxAKCNLK9M G6zlZ5xcaiQnpO8e4jYOvQ== =cYEI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
