Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 2004-07-29 current from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/ uname -a: Linux enoch.gear.dyndns.org 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i686 unknown Date: 2004-07-30 19:30 AEST Method: How did you install? From CD What did you boot off? From netboot CD If network install, from where? ftp.premium.planetmirror.com Proxied? No Machine: Gigabyte GA-7N400Pro m/b Processor: Athlon XP 2400+ Memory: 512 Mb DDR Root Device: SATA hde: WDC WD2000JD-00GBB0, ATA DISK drive hdg: WDC WD2000JD-00GBB0, ATA DISK drive Root Size/partition table: hde: hde1 1 Gb Linux RAID autodetect hde2 4 Gb Linux RAID autodetect hde3 195 Gb Linux RAID autodetect hdg: Same as hde Output of lspci: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1) 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1) 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4) 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2) 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1) 0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) 0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) 0000:01:07.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7861 (rev 01) 0000:01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 0000:01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 0000:01:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT/ITE8212 Dual channel ATA RAID controller (PCI version seems to be IT8212, embedded seems (rev 10) 0000:03:00.0 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: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [E] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [E] Reboot: [O] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: (Please read the following criticism as constructive, not flaming.) When mounting the partitions, it gave me a warning that /boot and / are not supported on software RAID. I proceeded anyway, and it didn't install GRUB or LILO correctly, and won't boot. RED HAT HAVE SUPPORTED THIS SINCE RED HAT 7.3, including LVM since 8.0! Fedora Core 2 installs perfectly on this system. Please do something about this - it is a serious problem. Low end servers nearly always come with two ATA or SATA drives (i've bought 6 of them from Dell & Acer in the past year at work). A two-drive setup with RAID 1 mirroring is *essential* to support for any production server. This has saved me so many times when drives have failed - without RAID 1, the system will crash and need to be restored from backup, whereas with it, people don't even notice a drive has failed. (BTW, please don't suggest hardware RAID as a solution to this. The above system is a home workstation for which i need to be able to swap drives to other systems if a motherboard or power supply fails. Linux software RAID is the most effective way to achieve mirroring portably across a wide range of hardware.) I really want to convert to Debian - i am convinced of its value in the package management area, and i strongly agree with its social contract, but these sort of limitations are show-stoppers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
