Package: installation-reports Boot method: netinst CD Image version: 3.1r2, downloaded 7/7/06 Date: 7/10/06
Machine: Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop Processor: Pentium II, 300MHz Memory: 160MB Partitions: hda1: /boot 100MB, hda2 swap 300MB, hda3 / 7.5GB 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: [E] assuming 'CD' means CD-ROM Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: After the initial boot, the installer starts and the language and keyboard layout are selected. The initial scan of the CD-ROM pool contents appears to work. However, the next step reports the CD is not an installation CD. The log on VC 4 (Alt-F4) shows that a grep for the packages is failing in the "anna" process. Specifically, at line 48 of /usr/lib/debian-installer/retriever/cdrom-retriever is the statement "suite=$RET". $RET is an empty string. Thus, grep is searching for the file "/cdrom/dists//Release" (sic) when the path is actually "/cdrom/dists/sarge/Release". The variable "suite" should be "sarge"; modifying cdrom-retriever to explicitly set "suite=sarge" allows the CD to be recognized as an installation CD, and the install continues. This same CD was used to install a few boxes at work and those went fine. This problem was originally encountered on the netinst CD. The normal install CDs have the same problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
