Package: installation-reports Severity: important INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Beta 1 100 MB CD image for powerpc uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.22-powerpc #1 Sat Sep 27 06:55:23 CEST 2003 ppc unknown Date: 2003-11-18, 17:00 EST Method: Boot off CD with 100 MB cd iamge Machine: iBook Processor: 900 MHz G3 Memory: 640 MB Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda Root Size/partition table: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 Apple_partition_map 31.5k /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 Apple_Bootstrap 800.0k /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 300.0M swap /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 9.7G / /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 Apple_HFS 27.3G Mac OS X /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 Apple_Free 4.0k Output of lspci: 00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea AGP 00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] 10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea PCI 10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Pangea Mac I/O 10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Pangea USB 10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Pangea USB 20:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea Internal PCI 20:0e.0 Class ffff: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea FireWire (rev ff) 20:0f.0 Class ffff: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Pangea GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev ff) Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [E] Config network: [E] 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: [E] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: At first, DHCP failed since the Debian installer didn't detect my Airport card. This resulted in the screen background turning red and a mis-rendered dialogue with no context and a message "Feel free to retry." This should be changed to at least mention that DHCP failed, and probably say something about connecting cables and/or consulting with system administrator about configuration. As it is there's no context: what exactly are you retrying? Every so often when I switch between consoles, my screen turns red (and then will turn blue again for no clear reason). Partitioning was not very well automated, as I was just dumped into pfdisk. Luckily I had previously partitioned this drive so I simply quit. Even so, some better method must exist. I had previously tried (and failed) to install debian-installer. As such I didn't reinitialize any disks. When the base system tried installing, I got an error "couldn't download exim4." I was unable to proceed. I then tried all over again, but this time I initialized the disk as ext3 (even though it was already initialized). This time the install worked. Comments on tasksel: It doesn't follow the UI of the rest of the installer (with the default button to the bottom right). It also seems overly fragile; it got confused when I pushed an arrow key and space bar at the same time, and quit (dropping down to apt(itude?) to grab the selected packages. The default debconf priority is medium, and no chance was given to me to raise it. I certainly don't think the default should be medium given the current debian-installer default of high or critical (or whatever it is). -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux pisces 2.4.22 #4 Fri Sep 5 21:44:11 EDT 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
