Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: RC2 Floppy images dated Nov. 18, 2004
Floppy images dled from: 
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/rc2/images/floppy/
uname -a: Linux DebianSonyVaio 2.4.27-2-586tsc #1 Thu Jan 20 10:47:31 JST 2005 i586 GNU/Linux
Date:Feb. 11, 2005 6PM
Method: Network install without proxy using floppy disks
Floppy disks: Boot, Root, and net-drivers
Sarge apt source: http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/ sarge main

Machine: Sony Vaio PCG-767
Processor:250 MHz Intel Pentium MMX
Memory:64 Megs
Root Device: 4 Gig IDE Fujitsu hard drive
Root Size/partition table:  
Output of df -T:Filesystem    Type   1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1     ext3     1828749   1319223    411954  77% /
tmpfs        tmpfs       31264         0     31264   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda6     ext3     1764592     11395   1659052   1% /home
Output of lspci and lspci -n:0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430TX - 82439TX MTXC (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 PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD] (rev 01)
0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c478 (rev 03)
0000:00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c478 (rev 03)

0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:7100 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 0680: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
0000:00:08.0 0300: 10c8:0004 (rev 01)
0000:00:0a.0 0607: 1180:0478 (rev 03)
0000:00:0a.1 0607: 1180:0478 (rev 03)

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [E]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [ ]
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]

Comments/Problems:

A major problem was the driver for the PCMCIA 
ethernet card was not loaded. The ethernet card is a Buffalo LPC-PCM-CLX
with manfid 0xffff, 0x1090. It works with the pcnet_cs driver.
The pcnet_cs driver is present on the net-drivers floppy and the
net-drivers floppy was loaded properly. 
Even when manually choosing the driver it does not recognize the 
ethernet card. Unplugging and replugging the card then running
cat /var/log/syslog shows the card is being seen but says that there
is not a recognized card. The problem is solved by adding an entry
in /etc/pcmcia/config by opening a shell and running
nano /etc/pcmcia/config to edit. The entry added is:
card "Buffalo LPC-PCM-CLX"
  manfid 0xffff, 0x1090
  bind "pcnet_cs"
After adding that entry exit the shell and select configure network hardware
again then the ethernet card is recognized.
Adding the above might cause problems for other ethernet cards though 
since looking through /etc/pcmcia/config there are other entries with 
the same manfid using different drivers that are commented out.
After this problem was solved it was pretty smooth installing.
Did a manual partition.
Installed LILO on the MBR for the boot loader.
Rebooted system no smoke =) but
ethernet card no longer works since the /etc/pcmcia/config file
was installed on the system without the modification from earlier.
Thus when you try to configure apt in base-config it fails when
trying to access internet sources and of course no packages
can be selected. To get the ethernet card to be recognized add
the same entry again to /etc/pcmcia/config. The entry is:
card "Buffalo LPC-PCM-CLX"
  manfid 0xffff, 0x1090
  bind "pcnet_cs"
Reboot then run base-config again. The card
should be recognized now so apt can be configured and packages
can be selected and installed.
Another change that would be useful is to allow more than
one regular username to be added from base-config.
Rather than only being able to set the password for root then adding 1 user.
Let multiple users be added if desired.
Maybe a question like Do you want to add another user?
If yes then adduser if no go to next step to set the hostname.

If you need any other info or logs reply to me.