Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: NetInst Snapshot i386 20040401 uname -a: Linux sarge 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: <Date and time of the install> Method: NetInst image - normal instalation (not expert mode) installed from ftp.at.debian.org ; not proxied Machine: Homegrown - real system (not wmvare) Processor: AMD Duron 750MHz Abit kt7a motherboard Memory: 256 MB SDRAM Root Device: IDE Root Size/partition table: <Feel free to paste the full partition table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.> Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 16) 00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 16) 00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT86C100A [Rhine] (rev 06) 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev a2) 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: [x] 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: Everything went preety smooth... A few comments(C), wishes(W) and sugestions(S): W,S:At the nameserver dialog box there should be a mention of DNS along with the nameserver, as most Bob users would rather now (heard) about DNS server. C: grub - still the window under the current one is visible (ugly) - just a reminder W: other OS-es detection (still unavailable?) hint: SuSE detects quite well windows installs, but doesn't have an option to insert other linux instalations - di doesn't habe this also, and this sux (had to modify the grub menu.lst file by hand afterwards to boot into my woody instalation) W,S: in second stage installer the button positions are reversed (should not); I was really confused about this... - I think the fix is trivial... C,S,W: after the root password dialog the default user dialog appears without ANY info, so the regular Bod user might be confused by this (I surely was, and I am not a beginner in using Linux). There should be some short info about the default user just enough to make it clear that is a regular user, and this info is not related to the root user. W: Please use locale info to automatically select (not to pass over the dialog) a mirror; I am from Romania, so the "by default" selection should be ftp.ro.debian.org and shuld allow me to change this ;) . OTOH, selecting ftp.ro.debian.org resulted in the hanging of the installer (other tty available) - maybe the site was unavaliable (didn't check)??? PS: I will send another mail with more comments about the di (expert mode and some other things). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]