Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: <for test, downloaded about 20Jul2004>
uname -a: Linux t3.pp 2.4.26-1-686 #1 Thu Jul 22 13:00:49 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: <Date and time of the install> 18Aug2004 13:40
Method: using Debian-installer (on CD-ROM) and wireless Linksys card WPC11 to router and cable network:
Machine: <IBM Thinkpad T20> Processor: Pentium III (coppermine) Memo ry: 384MB Root Device: <IDE Name of device?> hda
-------------- sfdisk ----------------------------
Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary. DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently. # partition table of /dev/hda unit: sectors
/dev/hda1 : start= 63, size= 4914945, Id= b, bootable /dev/hda2 : start= 4915008, size= 11468016, Id=83 /dev/hda3 : start= 16383024, size= 16384032, Id=83 /dev/hda4 : start= 32768000, size= 39090176, Id= 5 /dev/hda5 : start= 32768032, size= 8191968, Id=83, bootable /dev/hda6 : start= 40960032, size= 8191968, Id=83 /dev/hda7 : start= 49152032, size= 8191968, Id=83 /dev/hda8 : start= 57344032, size= 8191968, Id=83 /dev/hda9 : start= 65536032, size= 5119968, Id= c /dev/hda10: start= 70656032, size= 1202144, Id=82
-------------- fdisk -------------------
Disk /dev/hda: 36.7 GB, 36791903232 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 71288 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 4876 2457472+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 4877 16253 5734008 83 Linux Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda3 16254 32507 8192016 83 Linux Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda4 32508 71288 19545088 5 Extended Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda5 * 32508 40635 4095984 83 Linux /dev/hda6 40635 48762 4095984 83 Linux /dev/hda7 48762 56889 4095984 83 Linux /dev/hda8 56889 65016 4095984 83 Linux /dev/hda9 65016 70096 2559984 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda10 70096 71288 601072 82 Linux swap
------------------ df ------------------------------
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda7 4095804 919064 3176740 23% / - DEBIAN 1.3.3.4-3
tmpfs 193076 0 193076 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda2 5733828 1426512 4307316 25% /DATA
/dev/hda3 8191760 2924776 5266984 36% /BKUP
/dev/hda5 4095852 826748 3269104 21% /ml - Mandrake 10
/dev/hda9 2554972 2023624 531348 80% /md - vfat data
-----------------------lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
0000:00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
0000:00:03.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556B CardBus [Tornado] (rev 20)
0000:00:03.1 Communication controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem (rev 20)
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 11)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03) 0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03) 0000:00:02.0 0607: 104c:ac1b (rev 03) 0000:00:02.1 0607: 104c:ac1b (rev 03) 0000:00:03.0 0200: 10b7:6056 (rev 20) 0000:00:03.1 0780: 10b7:1007 (rev 20) 0000:00:05.0 0401: 1013:6003 (rev 01) 0000:00:07.0 0680: 8086:7110 (rev 02) 0000:00:07.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01) 0000:00:07.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01) 0000:00:07.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 03) 0000:01:00.0 0300: 5333:8c12 (rev 11)
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [0] Configure network HW: [0] Config network: [0] Detect CD: [0] Load installer modules: [0] Detect hard drives: [0] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [0] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [0]
Comments/Problems:
I liked the use of the installer which allowed using the CD to boot which in turn grabbed the OS from the internet, very smooth operation.
I had to make changes to X11config. No problems for me as I have done it many times.
After playing with RH, Fed, Mdk, Suse, I tried Debian and found it worked extremely well. So much so, that I am staying with it although Mdk10 thus far has been best, at least with 2.4 kernel, on this Thinkpad-T20.
Sleep worked well, sorry you do not have SWSUSPEND, but that no longer works at all with any the other distributions right now.
"MC" under root does not allow me to open a display, such as gedit.
"MC" under user: "enter" does not always work, sometimes I have to do "enter & up/down arrow", and sometimes MC locks up..
Initially icewm presented lots of pgms that were installed, but when I went to my old menu these were lost, and even when I tried to go back to original menu - they were lost there too.
Gnome has some problems, which may be due to my deleting things. No problem for me as I don't use them anyway.
I deleted open-office, I just use gnumeric. Next time I install I will try to pick and choose what to install and see how/if it works.
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George Hein, retired IBM programmer, White Plains, NY, USA
P.S. Thanks for a fine package. However I find a few things awkward since I have been used to the RH and MDK environments, e.g. I had to change my /etc/sysconfig/iptables to a bash executable.
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