Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux cobalt 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 10 Nov 2003 Method: Boot off CD-RW, install off network using a local apt-proxy Machine: Dell Latitude D600 Processor: 1.4GHz Memory: 512Mb Root Device: /dev/hda5 Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility /dev/hda2 * 7 3065 24571417+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda3 3066 3648 4682947+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 3066 3551 3903763+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 3552 3648 779121 82 Linux swap Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB2 (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 81) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 Lf [Radeon Mobility 9000 M9] (rev 01) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) 02:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7113 (rev 20) 02:01.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7113 (rev 20) 02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04) Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [E] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [E] Reboot: [E] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: This machine has a bay which takes either a CD or a floppy drive. As a result, loading the floppy module fails in hardware detection. I got the same error message about this three times. It should accept the non-existence of the floppy drive and give up. The evil autopartitioner still runs, threatening to destroy all my data, even though I've defined a partition table. Lilo pops up an error message "can't find /proc/partitions, disk scan bypassed" but works anyway. The CD-auto-eject at the end of the install is a nice touch. After rebooting, things are less well. The kernel complains repeatedly about "can't find block-major-114". The installation asks me for apt mirror information again - I've already entered this in the installer. After a trip through tasksel, it tries to install a kernel. This results in an error message which may be summarised as, "I'm about to do something unnecessary which will break your system. Do you want to continue?" Overall impression: hardware detection is good, installation is easy to carry out and follow provided you dodge the autopartkit bullet, and it's worked on a number of other machines I've tried it on. It just needs polishing a little, and the after-reboot side needs better testing.
