Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: July 18 download netinstall.iso at
debian.org daily builds etch
(time approx 4pm pdt)
Date: July 18 -19 evening/ overnight pdt
Machine: powerpc, powerbook3,1 (pismo)
Processor: g4/7410 - 550 (Apple upgrade)
Memory: 578 MB
Partitions:
#: type name length
base ( size )
1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63
@ 1
2: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 56
@ 64
3: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 56
@ 120
4: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 56
@ 176
5: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 56
@ 232
6: Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 512
@ 288
7: Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512
@ 800
8: Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512
@ 1312
9: Apple_Bootstrap untitled 1954
@ 1824
10: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 untitled 7742188
@ 3778 ( 3.7G)
11: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 935547
@ 7745966 (456.8M)
12: Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_3
3827304 @ 28094712 ( 1.8G)
13: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 untitled 19413199
@ 8681513 ( 9.3G)
14: Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_4
3932160 @ 32184160 ( 1.9G)
15: Apple_Free Extra 262144
@ 31922016 (128.0M)
16: Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_5
5847208 @ 36378464 ( 2.8G)
17: Apple_Free Extra 262144
@ 36116320 (128.0M)
18: Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_6
10798792 @ 42487816 ( 5.1G)
19: Apple_Free Extra 262144
@ 42225672 (128.0M)
20: Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_7
24591392 @ 53548752 ( 11.7G)
21: Apple_Free Extra 262144
@ 53286608 (128.0M)
22: Apple_Free Extra 16
@ 78140144
Output of lspci and lspci -n: sorry, command is
missing !!!
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: [ 0]
Create file systems: [ 0]
Mount partitions: [0 ]
Install base system: [E ]
Install boot loader: [0 ]
Reboot: [E ]
Comments/Problems:
Ouch !
this is a reinstall attempt due to harddrive
failure/replacement.
unfortunately i did not have a backup. but i had been
running
etch for several months i had upgraded from sarge.
tried 3 times, i think i am giving up now.
not sure what to do - wait a while. or install sarge
and try
to upgrade from that. not much fun, but this is pretty
rough here.
<Description of the install, in prose, and any
thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
1st try - desktop system - big mistake ! xorg
configuration fail in the
middle and stuck in a loop, had to go into shell and
kill. despite
installer recognized the failure it still sets up gdm
?!! so can't even
log in (no serial terminals here, sorry, only the one
seat).
2nd try - something happened at the mirror, i had
tried using all defaults
at the boot prompt rather than typing expert - it
appeared to have
misread the architecture.
3rd try - expert, basic install. well i got something
which appeared
at first i could work with but i could not get xorg
configured. i loaded
up everything i could see in aptitude that might help,
but, still
appears to be things missing.
_______________
once again, my usual diatribe: this installer is over
terse and
over automated, especially considering we are in
testing mode here !
more than half the time i have no idea from it telling
me what it
is doing, where it is having trouble, chance to
intervene. it is
seems to be worse from the installers in general
progressing from
woody to sarge to etch. it is better early in the
installation but
gets worse as you go along. i could have had my
display fried here.
also i am really really unsure the task lists are
appropriately chosen.
in particular the laptop task. was not much like what
i had before.
(which appeared to work ok -- at least on the surface
)
the default amount of swap space chosen by the
partitioner seems a bit odd.
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