Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: beta 3 Date: 20060819
Machine: SGI Indigo2 Processor: R4400SC 200 MHz Memory: 256 MB Partitions: Output of lspci and lspci -n: No PCI bus. 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] 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: Note: the initial boot from the CD isn't automatic as noted previously. Note2: tbm asked me to do a test install to check that partitioning/detecting/formatting/mounting partitions was OK on these machines -- it is indeed working fine. The list of partitions includes the volhdr and 2 small 16 kB partitions (can't remember what they are, might be holes in the partitioning) which is misleading and error prone; the suggestion would be to hide the volhdr. Base system installation failed, due to a broken CD-ROM drive, so that's not a d-i issue, and not the point of this installation report. While retrieving packages from the CD, d-i displays 2 consecutive error screens per failed file, which is really painful on a 9600 bauds serial console. The first error is displayed when retrieving the file, and the second when validating it. This last step should be skipped when the file could not be retrieved. Hitting the "Go Back" button on these error screens is useless, as d-i will just continue to retrieve the base system's files; please make this button go back to the main d-i menu or just remove it. After that, debootstrap will fail, which leads to *3* error screens (trying to break a record or something ? ;) : - deboostrap failed with error code ... blahblahblah check virtual console 4 for details (hmm ... no virtual consoles while installing using a serial console -> misleading error message, but that's a detail) - failed to install the base system (just in case I didn't get it the first time) - an installation step failed (really ?) Other than that, it just works, congrats to the d-i people ! JB. -- Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian, because code matters more Debian & GNU/Linux Developer | <http://www.debian.org> Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
