Package: installation-reports Version: unavailable; reported 2004-01-15 Severity: normal
INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/keep_20040103/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso uname -a: Linux pupp 2.4.23-1-686 #1 Sun Nov 30 20:51:10 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Thu Jan 15 01:17:46 CET 2004 Method: CD-ROM, packages loaded from mirror.pudas.net Machine: Dell Inspiron 8600 Processor: Pentium M Memory: 512 Mb Root Device: IDE Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 2432 19535008+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 2433 7296 39070080 5 Extended /dev/hda5 2433 7296 39070048+ 83 Linux Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB2 (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 81) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 031b (rev a1) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01) 02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller 02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04) Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [E] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [E] 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: o There's no floppy on this system. The installer tried to load the floppy driver every time it loaded some kernel modules, reporting a failure each time. o The installer hung during some module probe. Using "expert" mode, I got it both during the network hardware detection stage and the generic "Detect hardware" stage. The computer hung hard; it was not possible to switch to the log console to see which module it failed on. (Using "aic7xxx=no_probe" as suggested for "certain DELL machines" didn't help.) o The next time I avoided the automatic network hardware detection and choose the driver b44 manually. Even though the driver loaded correctly, the installer displayed an error that no ethernet card was found. The installation continued correctly to the next stage, however. o I also tried to skip the generic "Detect hardware" stage by choosing the next one, but the installer started another kernel module load run anyway. o During a quick switch to the log console before the hang, I noticed that the last log message came from the pcmcia_core module. So after another reboot I loaded it manually, which worked fine. The "Detect hardware" stage didn't work after this, so I had to interrupt it with Ctrl-C (no hard hang this time - it just didn't progress). There were numerous messages about missing module dependencies in the log after that interruption. Afterwards it was still not possible to skip the module load run, but when I restarted it yet again, it got to the end with an error about that modules needed for my system weren't loaded. The installation continued fine anyway. o The list over network card drivers was not sorted alphabetically which made it more difficult than necessary to find my driver. This seems to be common for many lists in the installer. E.g. the one over keyboard layouts is _almost_ sorted but some entries are out of order (e.g. "Dutch" and "Brazilian"). o In the Swedish translation, it says "Upptäck cd-rom", "Upptäck hårdvara" etc. I believe a better word in place of "Upptäck" is "Detektera". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
