Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/pre-rc2/netboot/ uname -a: Linux debian 2.6.8-1-k7 #1 Mon Sep 13 23:56:00 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Fri Oct 8 14:12:31 CDT 2004 Method: using the pxe boot mechanism.
Machine: custom Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ Memory: 512MB Root Device: IDE Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 158816 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 39 19624+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 40 158816 80023608 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 40 2852 1417720+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 2853 158816 78605824+ 83 Linux hda1=/boot, hda6=/, hda5=swap Output of lspci and lspci -n:debian:~# lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741 Host (rev 03) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003 0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25) 0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016 0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP debian:~# lspci -n 0000:00:00.0 0600: 1039:0741 (rev 03) 0000:00:01.0 0604: 1039:0003 0000:00:02.0 0601: 1039:0963 (rev 25) 0000:00:02.1 0c05: 1039:0016 0000:00:02.5 0101: 1039:5513 0000:00:04.0 0200: 1039:0900 (rev 90) 0000:01:00.0 0300: 1039:6330 Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [!] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [0] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: Hello, I'm the local system administrator at Server4You Inc. We are a company that rents low budget servers to a wide range of clients here in the US and Germany. You may want to check out http://www.server4you.com, http://www.server4you.de, http://www.plusserver.de. Well, thats us. The installations are done fully automatically, so far we are offering Redhat 9, Fedora Core 1&2, Whitebox Linux, Windows Server 2003, and Gentoo. Our focus lies on fully unattended installations. I'm working on the Debian Installation at the moment, and I did some test runs with the current Version (pre-rc2). Usually all the installation templates are stored in our database. The Redhat anaconda installer is capable of grabbing the kickstart config, as well as the Debian installer does fetch the preseed config. Although it looks really promising, I have a few comments to make: 1) # To preseed the root password, you have to put it in the clear in this # file. That is not a very good idea, use caution! # (XXX: In fact, this won't work, because passwd clears the settings # before asking for a root password. This may not be fixed before the sarge # release, if it's fixed at all.) #passwd passwd/root-password password r00tme #passwd passwd/root-password-again password r00tme This is something we really need to work. Maybe there are more people who need to set the preseed the root password. How are my chances for this to change? 2) #### Network configuration. d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth0 d-i netcfg/use_dhcp boolean boolean false d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 69.64.44.50 d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 69.64.44.39 d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0 d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 69.64.44.1 d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true Naturally the server gets its ip via dhcp. But I would like to change the network configuration to a static IP. Above is my futile attempt to make that happen. But then it's already documented, that setting the IP won't work, if the server got booted via network. Under anaconda we also boot via dhcp, and change the IP to a static IP using the kickstart template. Any chances that this is going to change? I mean, I can work around it by echoing the network config into the appropriate scripts. The only thing I want to accomplish is that in the end, the server is set up with a static IP. 3) There are 2 packages that keep asking for things, like if I want to install some libs without maildir support. Is there any way to suppress that? Well, that's basically it. Basically point 1) and 3) are keeping me from using it today. Of course you won't change anything because of me or us, but I'm hoping that you got more requests for those things already, and maybe some day... :-) That's it, thanks for your time, down below the lshw for a detailed computer description. Cheers Sascha debian description: Computer product: K7S41GX vendor: American Megatrends Inc. version: 1.0 serial: 00000000 capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 *-core description: Motherboard product: K7S41GX physical id: 0 version: 1.0 serial: 00000000 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: American Megatrends Inc. physical id: 0 version: P1.40 (02/05/2004) size: 64KB capacity: 192KB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 4 version: 6.10.0 slot: Socket-A size: 2GHz capacity: 3GHz clock: 133MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 5 slot: Internal Cache size: 128KB capacity: 1MB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 6 slot: Internal Cache size: 256KB capacity: 1MB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-memory description: System memory physical id: 1 size: 479MB *-pci description: Host bridge product: 741/741GX/M741 Host vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: d0000000 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:00.0 version: 03 clock: 33MHz *-pci description: PCI bridge (Normal decode) product: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 1 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:01.0 version: 00 clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller (VGA) product: 661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 0 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:00.0 version: 00 size: 128MB clock: 66MHz capabilities: vga cap_list configuration: irq=185 *-isa UNCLAIMED description: ISA bridge product: SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 2 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:02.0 version: 25 clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 2.1 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:02.1 version: 00 clock: 33MHz configuration: irq=169 *-ide description: IDE interface product: 5513 [IDE] vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 2.5 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:02.5 version: 00 clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master configuration: driver=SIS *-ide description: Channel 0 physical id: 0 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] logical name: ide0 clock: 33MHz *-disk description: ATA Disk product: Maxtor 6Y080L0 physical id: 0 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:master logical name: /dev/hda version: YAR41BW0 serial: Y226GYKE size: 76GB capacity: 76GB capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm apm configuration: apm=off mode=udma6 smart=on *-network description: Ethernet controller product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 4 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:04.0 version: 90 clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=sis900 irq=177 *-network:0 description: Ethernet controller physical id: 1 logical name: eth0 serial: 00:0b:6a:3e:a2:9d capabilities: mii autonegotiation 100bt-fd 100bt 10bt-fd 10bt ethernet configuration: autonegociated=100bt broadcast=yes driver=sis900 driverversion=v1.08.07 11/02/2003 duplex=full ip=69.64.44.39 link=yes multicast=yes *-network:1 DISABLED description: controller physical id: 2 logical name: sit0 -- Regards Sascha Wintz SERVER4YOU (Inc.) 710 North Tucker Blvd Suite 610a St. Louis, MO 63101 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone : +1-866-DIAL-S4Y fax : +1-314-754-3280 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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