Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: woody-i386 compact floppy disk set, say June 2003, from some mirror uname -a: Linux (none) 2.2.20-compact #1 Sat Apr 20 12:40:22 EST 2002 i686 unknown
Date: November 2004, several times Method: Floppy installation with compact disk set, using CD to manually load basedebs.tar
Machine: ASUS P4S533-X, ATX (12i x 9.6i) with onboard LAN and AUDIO
Processor: Pentium 4, 1.8 GHz
Memory: PNY 128 MB SDRAM (128S133, DIMM PC133/100/66)
Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda6 Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 533 4176900 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda3 * 534 2093 12530700 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda4 2094 4865 22266090 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 2094 2110 136521 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda6 2111 2639 4249161 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 2640 4865 17880313+ 83 Linux For these last attempts to load basedebs tarball, I just used swap (/dev/hda5) and the root (/dev/hda6) Output of lspci and lspci -n: lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0646 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5591/5592 AGP
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0962 (rev 25)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 7002
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet (rev 91)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon VE QY
lspci -n: 00:00.0 Class 0600: 1039:0646 (rev 01)
00:01.0 Class 0604: 1039:0001
00:02.0 Class 0601: 1039:0962 (rev 25)
00:02.5 Class 0101: 1039:5513
00:02.7 Class 0401: 1039:7012 (rev a0)
00:03.0 Class 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 0f)
00:03.1 Class 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 0f)
00:03.3 Class 0c03: 1039:7002
00:04.0 Class 0200: 1039:0900 (rev 91)
01:00.0 Class 0300: 1002:5159
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O ]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [O ]
Load installer modules: [O ]
Detect hard drives: [O ]
Partition hard drives: [O ]
Create file systems: [O ]
Mount partitions: [O ]
Install base system: [E ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems: Tried to install woody (previously loaded on an ASUS P3 system in 2003) on new ASUS P4 system. Proceeded from initial configuration through install drivers, OK. <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>Tried to load a copy of the basedebs tarball from a CD, using the manual option. The CD was checked and then processed, ending in the error: /pool/main/u/util-linux/util-linux_2.11n-4_i386.deb was not pre downloaded This is possibly related to another installer failure, trying to load sarge on a P3 system; a bug to be filed. I suspect the memory management of these two systems are different; this P4 system requires Windows 98 SE or later to run, and with Windows 95 it reports protection error while initializing the IOS. On the other hand, I took a copy of the whole woody base installation (about 80 MB) and copied it into the root on this P4 and got it to boot. jjwdeck
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