Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version:
This is a Debian installation CDROM, built on 20040103.
Downloaded from debian.org.
For install: uname -a:
Linux pluto 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
After install: uname -a:
Linux pluto 2.6.3 #3 Tue Feb 24 20:22:09 CET 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Mon Feb 23 22:15:01 CET 2004
Method:
How did you install? -> Hmm... I chose my packets to install the days before
(using aptitude), hacked a script to combine the package lists and
the aptitude status file into a list of files to download,
created my own 2 CDs using the local debian mirror at university,
(unstable dist), copied these CDs onto my second HD, generated the
required "Release" files and MD5Sums as well as cut-down package
lists (Packages.gz). Now after booting the installer, I mounted
the second HD (after leaving the filesys intact) and specified
file:/debian/... as source. ... And it worked at the first attempt!
(Just that I forgot some files and had to use debian mirror to
dl them lateron.)
What did you boot off? -> from installer ISO CD image (100Mb)
If network install, from where? -> no network install
Proxied? -> n/a
Machine:
Processor: ix86 (AthlonXP)
Memory: 768M
Root Device: IDE hd ([parallel] ATA)
Root Size/partition table:
Root size is nearly 30GiB, reiserfs. 50M ext2 for /boot and
some swap.
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: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0c)
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)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97
Audio Controller (rev 30)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX
400] (rev b2)
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: [ ] <-- was already partitioned
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 of all: Really great! It correctly detected all the hw in
my system. (Okay, there are no fancy things inside and all the
stuff already worked with my previous debian install -- except
the built-in sound which I finally got working using ALSA and
vanilla kernel-2.6.3).
One thing I would really like to get changed is the ability
to scroll up and see errors: After the installer ran some tasks,
it overwrites the current screen with its gray backgound and
(possibly) an error message (ala something failed). Hence, if
you scroll up, you can NOT see the last 25 lines of output
(which were just overwritten) but only those before. Typically
that prevents one from seeing the actual error. In my case it was
a missing file on the self-made debian 2-CD-"mirror" and only
trying several times and pressing scroll lock quickly enough
made me finally see the error message from apt.
Keyboard: I chose US english language and german keyboard.
Unfortunately, the german "Umlauts" are missing and I get [EMAIL PROTECTED]
when pressing these keys...?! And after updating some packets
(using aptitude), my modified and finally working boottime.kmap was
again overwritten without saving my modified version...
Otherwise great work!
Regards,
Wolfgang
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