Package: installation-reports Priority: normal INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/beta-1/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso (9 nov 2003 16:43) uname -a: vmlinuz-2.4.22-1-386 (can't run uname -a, already booted back to my normal Debian install) Date: 10 november 2003 Method: Booted from CD, just pushed ENTER on the boot prompt. Couldn't choose a good mirror. Machine: Clone Processor: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Memory: 512 MB Root Device: IDE, Maxtor 6L080J4 Root Size/partition table: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 1275 10240240+ 83 Linux Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hdb2 1276 1912 5116702+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdb3 3825 9733 47456640 5 Extended Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hdb5 3825 5100 10240240+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb6 6502 9733 25951936+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb7 5100 5106 52825+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hdb8 5107 5361 2048256 83 Linux <=- mounted as root Haven't touched any of the other partitions. This disk will be sent to Maxtor for RMA soon, so I just used it for this test as long as the thing is still alive. Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333] 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP] 00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) 00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) 00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 85) Base System Installation Checklist: 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: [ ] -- left the partitions as they were, Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Ok. Some things I found: First time I tried, it hanged on the Packages.gz download. Or at least, it seemed so. Couldn't check the wget cmdline in ps auxwww (w doesn't work, unfortunately, but apart from that BusyBox (with cmdline history) rocks!), so I catted /proc/`pidof wget`/cmdline and saw there was a slash missing in http://ftp.us.debian.orgdebian/bla.... AFAIK the slash should be there. (http://hostname and path can't be separate arguments, can they?) Allowing me to choose a closer mirror would've been nice btw. Second time I tried, everything went better. I picked the Dutch language from the list, and noticed that it also assumes a Dutch keyboard then. I can tell you, Dutch keyboards still exist over here, but there are less Dutch keyboards than Debian users in this country. Please change that default, or better, let the user pick a layout. The only other problem I can remember is the timezone configuration. I picked Europe and then got a lot of cities/countries, but no Amsterdam. Didn't really look like Europe at all. In the end I found out Amsterdam lies in Australia these days. ;-) One small wishlist/hint: In the list of partitions, I chose "Continue" because I thought it was finished. Obviously, that was the wrong choice, and now the installer was asking me what to do with hda1. Fortunately I was still smart/awake enough to press Cancel. Maybe it would be nice to put a list of the partitions the program is going to touch in the Finish window, as a final warning to the user. Anyway, looks quite good! Not yet ready, but certainly a lot better than the d-i I tested a couple (4 IIRC) of months ago. Wilmer van der Gaast. -- +-------- .''`. - -- ---+ + - -- --- ---- ----- ------+ | lintux : :' : lintux.cx | | OSS Programmer www.bitlbee.org | | at `. `~' debian.org | | www.algoritme.nl www.lintux.cx | +--- -- - ` ---------------+ +------ ----- ---- --- -- - +
