Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: 1/12/06 sarge/business-card.iso debian.org uname -a: Linux debian4 2.6.15-1-powerpc #2 Mon Mar 6 12:39:17 CET 2006 ppc GNU/Linux Date: 4/1/2006 (approx, actually happened over time) Method: Network install, boot off buscard cd. using wireless at library (5Mb/s) + update/packages at other WAPs (slower). sarge->etch as update in place. Machine: custom rebuilt mac powerbook, originally powerbook2000 (pismo); processor : 0 cpu : 7410, altivec supported temperature : 15-17 C (uncalibrated) clock : 550MHz revision : 0.4 (pvr 800c 1104) bogomips : 1093.63 machine : PowerBook3,1 motherboard : PowerBook3,1 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh detected as : 70 (PowerBook Pismo) pmac flags : 0000001f L2 cache : 1024K unified memory : 576MB pmac-generation : NewWorld Processor: linix says its a powerpc7410-550mhz, but macos says it is 7400. Memory: 578MB=512MB pc100-222 (expansion) + 64MB pc-100/322 (built-in) Root Device: ata4/ide, /dev/hda15, TOSHIBA 12GB GAP Series. Root Size/partition table: (with regards external drives- please see below) # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda15 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda16 /home ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda14 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hde /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 # data partition shared with mac os, internal hd #/dev/hda10 /mac_data hfs noauto 0 0 # pcmcia card reader, share with other laptop, works OK /dev/hdg9 /mac_data hfs noauto 0 0 # funky usb/firewire ata box (system thinks its scsi, # CAUTION partitions read inconsistently by linix3.x, not tried #/dev/sda13 /mac _data hfs noauto 0 0 >>"Feel free to paste the full partition table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where." ?? apparently you do not want the fstab ??do you want the mac-fdisk, or the parted perspective ???? Output of lspci and lspci -n: (this is lspci -v) 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth AGP Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 16 Capabilities: [80] AGP version 1.0 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 48 Memory at b4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] I/O ports at f0000400 [size=256] Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Expansion ROM at f1000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2 0001:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth PCI Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 16 0001:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O (rev 03) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 16 Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] 0001:10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 16, IRQ 27 Memory at a0002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 0001:10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 16, IRQ 28 Memory at a0001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 0001:10:1a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1211 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 58 Memory at a0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Bus: primary=10, secondary=11, subordinate=14, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: 90000000-9ffff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: f3000000-f33ff000 I/O window 0: 00001000-00008fff I/O window 1: 00009000-000091ff 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 0002:24:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth Internal PCI Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 16 0002:24:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth FireWire (rev 01) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 40 Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 0002:24:0f.0 Class ffff: Illegal Vendor ID Unknown device ffff (rev ff) (prog-if ff) !!! Unknown header type 7f 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: [E] Detect CD: [0] Load installer modules: [E] Detect hard drives: [E] Partition hard drives: [E] Create file systems: [0] Mount partitions: [0] Install base system: [0] Install boot loader: [0] Reboot: [0] Comments/Problems: sorry delayed report, hope it can still be referenced. some errors were not clear at first and some still not. but i think may help to put in this report. i started with stable sarge and after about a month began upgrade from that to testing. judging by some reports it may have indeed been a better strategy than install testing straight off. i have a few issues with the installer: a) it does not let me choose expert mode with out and external keyboard on this laptop. b) to configure a lan gateway, i am not allowed at base install. i must choose one NIC only to configure. c) i am not getting what i want as far as diagnostic messages, there should be a verbose mode. d) i do not consider that what is accomplished here is any sort of a useful system. there is part II, which is loading of "optional" packages, i don't mean application packages really i mean services. i think that their needs to be a second stage to it. there is too much to stumble through. well there is a second stage of sorts but it is over-automated. e) the sizes selected by the partitioner were not at all appropriate to my needs, i had to resize/move parttions afterwards with parted, a couple times before i got everything going. in addition to allowing for secondary network, i think part of the second stage could be help with support for more devices. so have listed as error there above. my external backup drive does not appear to be functioning correctly in linix altho it is fine in macos. at first i thought this install was perfect, compared to my last one on an old world mac. but after i work with it a while i realize some problems were hidden. i guess it dawns on me after a while that filing installation report is sort of like registering - perhaps it is important to have this machine listed, every one counts, and also in specific or statistical cases someone may wish to check the logs at debian. (someone trying to help, i mean) Install logs and other status info is available in /var/log/debian-installer/. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to submit@bugs.debian.org.