Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux implementation 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Thu Oct 7 02:21:16 EDT 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-10-13 22:44
Method: Burnt a netinstall cdrom, booted on it, got base from it
(although usb cd-rom drive, detected like a charm !). Used
ntfsresize to make room. First boot, used an http proxy for apt.
Machine: DELL X300
Processor: Pentium M 1.4G
Memory: 640MB
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 7 56196 de Dell Utility /mnt/dellconf
/dev/hda2 * 8 1345 10747485 7 HPFS/NTFS /mnt/win
/dev/hda3 1346 1424 634567+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda4 1425 4864 27631800 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 3859 4864 8080663+ 83 Linux /
/dev/hda6 1425 1667 1951834+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /mnt/goinfre
/dev/hda7 1668 3858 17599176 83 Linux /home
Partition table entries are not in disk order << ah, oops, but it works
:)
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control
Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration Process
Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics
Device (rev 02)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
(rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI
Controller #3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI
Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller
(rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller
(rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem
Controller (rev 01)
0000:02:03.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ac)
0000:02:03.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ac)
0000:02:03.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
0000:02:04.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
Controller (rev 03)
0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit
Ethernet (rev 01)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:3580 (rev 02)
0000:00:00.1 0880: 8086:3584 (rev 02)
0000:00:00.3 0880: 8086:3585 (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 0300: 8086:3582 (rev 02)
0000:00:02.1 0380: 8086:3582 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 81)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24cc (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24ca (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24c3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.6 0703: 8086:24c6 (rev 01)
0000:02:03.0 0607: 1180:0476 (rev ac)
0000:02:03.1 0607: 1180:0476 (rev ac)
0000:02:03.2 0c00: 1180:0552 (rev 04)
0000:02:04.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 03)
0000:02:05.0 0200: 14e4:165d (rev 01)
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: [O]
Detect CD: [O] although USB !
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Actually, I even hadn't notice that the CD drive was really an USB one
:D
I had to resize pre-installed windows' ntfs partition, and hopefully the
pre-rc2 is advertised as having "online ntfs resizer". But it isn't
advertised in the installation process. The partitionning tool just
tells that there is no room for creating linux partitions. It should
rather see that there is an ntfs partition, and hence propose the
user to launch a shell and use the resize tool by hand. Actually, I
didn't know the name of that tool, so I had to look at /sbin/*ntfs*,
then /bin/*ntfs*, and at last I found /usr/sbin/ntfsresize. This should
at least be documented somewhere.
I had remembered to defrag my ntfs partition before starting
installation, so ntfsresize worked like a charm.
About http proxies, I had some trouble: I wanted to write my own
sources.list as soon as possible, so I didn't chose the http method in
debian-installer, and asked to write it myself. But then I wasn't asked
for an http proxy for the deb http:// lines I included in my
sources.list file, while I would have been if I chose the http method.
It would be useful if the debian installer could parse the handwritten
sources.list somewhat to see that http will be used, and propose to use
an http proxy (just like it does for http method).
I had some discover1 problems when booting on kernel 2.6, see bug
#277322
In a few words, this installation really went well: even issues like
USB CD-ROM drive and NTFS resizing have been addressed like a charm :D
Really good progress since last time I installed a debian (it was potato
at that time, never reinstalled since, just upgraded ;) )
Regards,
Samuel Thibault
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