Package: installation-reports Version: N/A; reported 2004-01-21 Severity: minor
Debian-installer-version: d-i beta2, downloaded from /debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images (vmlinuz and netboot-initrd.gz files) [ 16 of january 2004 ] uname -a: Linux Prem9a 2.4.22 #1 lun déc 22 17:05:03 CET 2003 i686 unknown Date: Mon Jan 19 14:04:00 CET 2004 Method: network install : lan boot with DHCP/TFTP, which load network grub menu.In this menu, I load the d-i kernel (vmlinuz) and initrd (netboot-initrd.gz) from my local server (on the lan, no proxy). Machine: an VMEbus card (VMIC 7751), 2 USB ports, without floppy nor CD drives. The hard disk, IDE on hdc, is blank... I uses a USB keyboard (no mouse). Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1266MHz Memory: 512Mo Root Device: The hard disk, IDE one, is on hdc [it's blank before install]. Root Size/partition table: I've tried automatic partitioning (to look at what it does ;-)... Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 04) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 04) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset PCI (rev 11) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset ISA Bridge (ICH2) (rev 11) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset IDE U100 (rev 11) 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset USB (Hub A) (rev 11) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset SMBus (rev 11) 00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset USB (Hub B) (rev 11) 01:02.0 Network controller: Siemens Nixdorf AG DSCC4 WAN adapter (rev 21) 01:03.0 Bridge: Tundra Semiconductor Corp. CA91C042 [Universe] (rev 02) 01:04.0 Class ff00: VMIC: Unknown device 0004 (rev 01) 01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82559ER (rev 09) 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82820 (ICH2) Chipset Ethernet Controller (rev 03) Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] 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] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: * first small problem : for a correct network install, we must now use devfs (instead of beta1), so I have to use following options to the d-i kernel : ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram0 devfs=mount [ + DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium if needed ] [ the message linked in the documentation http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/doc/INSTALLATION-HOWTO don't mention this ] * I've tried 2 installations : * basic installation : - The installation works fine. I used a USB keyboard, and it works fine. When I rebooted to do final install (base-config), the keyboard wasn't recognized : please load following modules (perhaps it's not exactly part of debian-installer, but it sucks !) : hid keybdev mousedev [ in initrd or in /etc/modules ...] - During the hardware detection, I got a (false) error about network card detection, because my motherboard has 2 same ethernet controllers (Intel EEPRO 100) : the automatic network detection program tried to 'insmod' e100 module 2 times, the second gives an error (but harmless). * more precise installation with DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium : I used GRUB instead of LILO (works neat). The installation worked fine. After reboot : - no USB keyboard (same remark as before). - the network card wasn't configured (by DHCP), whereas in basic installation it did ! logging in a console and doing 'dhclient eth0' resolved the problem, but it was quite mysterious at first glance... Aside these small things, it works great, good work ! Frédéric Boiteux -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux Prem3s 2.4.22-dev #1 lun déc 29 13:00:42 CET 2003 i686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]