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Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso Retrieved and burned to CD on 20 Aug 2004. uname -a: Linux Xanadu 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 22 12:46:23 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 2004-08-20 16:57. Method: Downloaded the Testing minimal CD image, burned a CD, installed rest of packages from the internet via Broadband (Demon Internet) using the default installer options - no proxy. Machine: Mesh PC with ASUS A7N8X Motherboard Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Memory: 512Mb Root Device: IDE - Logical Partition Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 319 2562336 b Windows 98 /dev/hda2 320 638 2562367+ 83 Old Slackware Installation /dev/hda3 639 1942 10474380 17 Windows XP (NTFS) /dev/hda4 1943 14946 104454630 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 1943 2203 2096451 6 FAT16 /dev/hda6 2204 4754 20490876 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda7 4755 6029 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda8 6030 7304 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda9 7305 9917 20988891 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda10 9918 11193 10249438+ 83 Linux Ext2 (Slackware) /dev/hda11 11194 12471 10265503+ 83 Linux Ext3 (Fedora Core 2) /dev/hda12 12472 12484 104391 83 Linux Ext3 (Fedora Core 2) /dev/hda13 12485 12614 1044193+ 82 Linux swap (DEBIAN) /dev/hda14 12615 12860 1975963+ 83 DEBIAN ROOT Output of lspci: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1) 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1) 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4) 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1) 0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2) 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1) 0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) 0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) 0000:00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 PCI Bridge (rev a3) 0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) 0000:01:08.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01) 0000:01:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02) 0000:01:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 02) 0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3C920B-EMB Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller [Tornado] (rev 40) 0000:03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R300 AD [Radeon 9500 Pro] 0000:03:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R300 AD [Radeon 9500 Pro] (Secondary) and lspci -n: 0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:01e0 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.1 0500: 10de:01eb (rev c1) 0000:00:00.2 0500: 10de:01ee (rev c1) 0000:00:00.3 0500: 10de:01ed (rev c1) 0000:00:00.4 0500: 10de:01ec (rev c1) 0000:00:00.5 0500: 10de:01ef (rev c1) 0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:0060 (rev a4) 0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0064 (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4) 0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4) 0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:0068 (rev a4) 0000:00:04.0 0200: 10de:0066 (rev a1) 0000:00:05.0 0401: 10de:006b (rev a2) 0000:00:06.0 0401: 10de:006a (rev a1) 0000:00:08.0 0604: 10de:006c (rev a3) 0000:00:09.0 0101: 10de:0065 (rev a2) 0000:00:0c.0 0604: 10de:006d (rev a3) 0000:00:0d.0 0c00: 10de:006e (rev a3) 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 10de:01e8 (rev c1) 0000:01:08.0 0780: 14f1:2f00 (rev 01) 0000:01:0a.0 0400: 109e:036e (rev 02) 0000:01:0a.1 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 02) 0000:02:01.0 0200: 10b7:9201 (rev 40) 0000:03:00.0 0300: 1002:4144 0000:03:00.1 0380: 1002:4164 Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it 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: [ ] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [E] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: Installation of Base System: This is my first installation of a Debian System - I've been using Slackware since Version 2.0 :-) Initially I was very impressed, the installation progressed cleanly and intuitively - I especially like the package dependency tree and the way selecting/deselecting packages shows any dependency problems. However, a few problems later on: 1. Setting up the X server. I use a Flat Panel LCD, with a Native Resolution of 1280x1024 @ 60Hz. There's a lot of these around, (It's a VESA standard one isn't it?) and they work best at their native res. However, to get this I had to select a maximum resoltion of [EMAIL PROTECTED] and later (in another screen) specify a maximum resolution of 1280x1024. I didn't find this particularly useful. 2. Exim. I decided to configure Exim later, and selected that option - as a result, I got an error reporting while parsing the config file: config error at line 6 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated and was unceremoniously dropped out to a root shell prompt. I retried this a few times by calling base-config, and a number of the Exim choices seemed to do the same. Installation of Boot Loader. I decided to install this in the Debian Root Partition rather than the MBR - I've got a few operating systems on this PC and Powerquest Boot Magic installed there. No problem at all - grub went cleanly in, and was easily chained onto boot magic. The grub installer also detected the other operating systems on the disk and added boot menu options perfectly - apart from Fedora Core 2, which it descibed as a "Semi LSB Compliant Linux" (Is this an in joke :-) ) Summary ------- Overall, not bad. I do like the loader, and the trouble free installation of packages from the web, though I do seem left with a number of things to configure (sound, samba, etc) that could have been done "out of the box". Will I carry on using it? - not sure at this stage. Cheers Trev -- ------------------------------------- Trev Hitch, Cwmbran, South Wales, UK ------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
