Package: installation-reports Version: installation report Severity: normal
INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: Beta 2: http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux soup 2.4.24-1-686 #1 Tue Jan 6 21:29:44 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: January 26, 2004 9:00 a.m. EST Method: How did you install? What did you boot off? If network install, from where? Proxied? Booted from netinst (100 MB) ISO Machine: built machine Processor: Athlon XP1600+ Memory: 512 MB Root Device: IDE: /dev/hda7 Root Size/partition table: Feel free to paste the full partition table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where. df -t ext3 Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda7 7748036 2932916 4421532 40% / /dev/hda3 5684580 3778812 1617000 71% /fc1 /dev/hda5 18476876 10896304 6641976 63% /u1 /dev/hda6 18476876 14085024 3453256 81% /u2 Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333] 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP] 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10) 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04) 00:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 01) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) 00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) 00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) Base System Installation Checklist: 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: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: This install went very smoothly overall. My comments are all cosmetic. During install, the first time the boot manager screen was displayed, it had this header: [!] Install LILO boot loader on a hard disk I overrode the default location of the boot record (from .../disc to .../disc7). (I can't test the install without overriding right now.) Then I was dropped into the main menu where I could choose either LILO or GRUB. I chose GRUB. Everything worked perfectly. I'm not sure why I got dropped into the main menu, but I'm glad I did becuase the LILO/GRUB choice is important enough that I want to make it explicitly. If users are always dropped back into the main menu at this point, then the header on the first screen should probably just say "Install boot loader on a hard disk" with no specific mention of LILO. Again, this isn't a functionality issue. It's just that the word LILO is misleading at this point since we may be able to choose GRUB. Also, as reported earlier with some Beta1 image, GiB and MiB are not really correct abbreviations for Gigabyte and Megabyte. I'd rather see GB and MB. It would also be useful to see some feedback as to which file systems are about to be formatted when we get to that point. Finally, seeing file system labels while setting up file systems would be helpful. Install logs and other status info is available in /var/log/debian-installer/. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux soup 2.4.24-1-686 #1 Tue Jan 6 21:29:44 EST 2004 i686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
