Package: installation-reports Version: beta-3 Severity: normal
INSTALL REPORT
I tried beta 1, now I try beta 3! Only changes listed.
Debian-installer-version: 2004-03-xx sarge-i386-netinst.iso
(105MB,beta3)
uname -a: Linux localhost 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004
i686 unknownDate: 2004-04-03 16:00 UTC
- full data loss needs reinstallation:
after the partition sector of the harddisk was overwritten
(reiserfs or kernel 2.4.23 problem?), my father tried a
Windows Repair,
state after that: Windows 150 GB, Linux 5+5 GB (wrong)
- to avoid problems, I started Knoppix and deleted all
partitions with fdisk
- reinstalled Windows XP Home (40000 MB NTFS partition, rest empty)
- booted Windows XP, install Fritz!DSL driver from CD (no Linux
driver on CD!), install firewall, do Windows Update, connect to
internet
- get newest Linux drivers for
* Fritz!DSL PCI card (fcdsl-suse8.2-03.11.02.tar.gz),
* ATI Radeon 9800XL (fglrx-4.2.0-3.7.6.i386.rpm,
fglrx-4.3.0-3.7.6.i386.rpm)
- get the following Debian testing packages (to be sure)
* ppp (ppp_2.4.2+20040202-1_i386.deb)
* isdnactivecards (isdnactivecards_3.3-8_i386.deb)
* isdnutils-base (isdnutils-base_3.3-8_i386.deb)
* libcapi20-2 (libcapi20-2_3.3-8_i386.deb)
* pppdcapiplugin (pppdcapiplugin_3.3-8_i386.deb)
- Installation procedure
- boot Debian install CD
- want to install all packages on this partition (comments see below,
it was a complete failure)Root Device: IDE: /dev/hda Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 5099 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [EC] Load installer components: [O] Configure a network using static addressing [EC] Detect HW: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [EC]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
-> [OC] = OK+Comment,
-> [R] = Roll back (was too difficult, and already done, went back to
main menu)
-> [?C] = Do not know if successful, it is not shown to me, plus comment
Comments/Problems:Choose language: It should be possible to choose a language different
from the locale (papersize, location, currency) and
keyboard layout (advanced setting).
Eventually you could show settings (pressing ENTER
would accept these), so they could be overridden.Different profiles should be offered: home desktop, corporate desktop,
server
home: us: modem, cable modem, DSL
de: router (NAT): modem, ISDN, ADSL (Fritz card DSL with
proprietary module or DSL modem/router with/without
DHCP), SDSL with SDSL modem incl. router (QSC)
firewall configuration (ppp0) blocking connection
attempts from outside (secure and does not need user
interaction)
desktop: internal network, 192.168.0.x
corporate desktop: LAN desktop (not necesserily 192.168.0.x) or
router (NAT), proxy configurationdesktop: X (autodetected), Gnome or KDE, OpenOffice, Mozilla
My profile: home, router, desktop, de.
router:
HW: AVM Fritz card DSL needing fcdsl.o/capi20,
firewall blocking incoming connections needed,
security: kernel 2.4.25 or 2.6.3 needed
AVM does not support 2.6.0 yet, unfortunately.
home: 192.168.0.x (router 192.168.0.1, other: DHCP or
static: ask) Do not start DHCP detection if
"Detect a network" is chosen (a single
function).Error: Configure the network using dynamic addressing (DHCP): This is
the router, I do not have an external router. Can be seen by
asking for a profile or by scanning PCI bus and detecting an
ISDN/DSL card (scan bus and preselect "router" profile if found
one of those cards, this is best I think). Offer installing a
DHCP server for a router.
For home profile, preselect NAT and 192.168.0.x as network, for
corporate profile, ask the size of the network and offer NAT,
allow entering a network address in any case ("Change settings"
dialog).In case of errors, the Installer main menu is shown. Already configured tasks should be printed in green, with a (set) appended (for color blind users).
The user cannot say that there is no DHCP server (i.e. by choosing profile "router").
For "router" and "home", 192.168.0.1 should be the default value, for "desktop" and "home" and not "router", 192.168.0. should be the default value if DHCP is not used. Easy configuration should depend on DHCP (why reinvent the wheel, scanning the network for the next free address is overkill IMHO). For profile "home" no network administrator is available, simply suggest "192.168.0.x" and "255.255.255.0". For "router", clear gateway and suggest leaving it blank. People who still need a gateway know something about the corporate network. Or the profile could be split in: "dial-up router" and "LAN router". For "dial-up router", the name servers normally are given in the PPP connection by the peer (usepeerdns). I never got this to work, that /etc/resolv.conf is replaced dynamically. But this is important for usability. Domain name: Is it possible to work without one? For the internal network only the hostname is enough. For "corporate" profile this setting is useful. The dial up connection often is accompanied by a dynamic DNS name. This should be set on the router for outside traffic, so that reverse DNS lookups can succeed. "Currently configured network parameters": pointopoint = <none> I have not been asked, but I want ppp over capi20/Fritz DSL.
A DHCP server could not be found. Now I am asked to provide a static IP address. As I said, I have a home system and want to use PPP later on. The 'Gateway:' prompt help tells me I need not provide a gateway address, but I have to: A red screen with "Invalid IP address" appears if I leave it blank . The help is not comprehensible for a home user who eventually has never heard 'PPPoE'. He might want to use "DSL" at "1&1", having his connection user name and password ready, nothing more. The user is asked "Address of DNS server". This again cannot be answered if he wants to use 'PPP', then he probably wants 'usepeerdns' as well.
* Starting up the partitioner
Scanning disks ... 42% and nothing happens anymore (crashed?) IDE Harddisk has size 160 GB.
With English language install I can enter console with ALT-F2, with German version not (probably not a language issue...).
# uname -a (see above)
Shortly after that the kernel dumps:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010:[<c012b1ec>] Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010006
eax: 00b582c0 ebx: 00000206 ecx: 00000000 edx: c100001c
esi: 0201030a edi: de978a60 ebp: dfe21200 esp: c0285eb4
ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Process swapper (pid: 0, stackpage=c0285000)
Stack: 00000206 dfe21200 de978a60 c012acc9 00000000 0201030a dfe21200 e08219e5
0201030a 00000000 00000046 00000001 dfa31da0 00000286 dfe21200 00000000
00000000 dfe21200 de978a60 de978a60 dfe21200 e0820f2d dfe21200 dfe21200
Call Trace: [<c012acc9>] [<e08219e5>] [<e0820f2d>] [<e0831220>] [<e08312e9>]
[<c010938a>] [<c01094e1>] [<c0106a6a>] [<c0105000>] [<c010b618>] [<c0106a6a>]
[<c0105000>] [<c0106a8d>] [<c0106ae5>]Code: 2b 71 0c 8b 5c 24 10 89 f0 31 d2 f7 73 18 89 c6 8b 41 14 89 <0>Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! In interrupt handler - not syncing
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