XPost: linux.debian.maint.boot
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Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/20040817/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux Si 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i586 GNU/Linux Date: started wget at: Wed Aug 18 02:15:04 CEST 2004
burned cd at : 03:15:02
started install shortly after that.
Method: experimental install image, burned to a cdrom (see above),
retrieved rest of packages off net, from german primary mirror (ftp.debian.de ?)
Machine: i386 pc
Processor: pentium1 mmx 200MHz
Memory: 196MB
Root Device: /dev/hda , 80 GB maxtor harddisk
Root Size/partition table:
hda1 Primary Linux ext2 [/boot] 98.71
hda2 Boot Primary Linux ext3 [woody2] 3997.49
hda3 Primary Linux swap 98.71
hda5 Logical Linux ext2 [Potato5] 3997.49
hda6 Logical Linux ext2 [/home] 3997.49
hda7 Logical Linux ext2 [/my] 3997.49
hda8 Logical Linux ext2 [Woody8] 3997.49
hda9 Logical Linux ext3 [Woody9kde] 3997.49
hda10 Logical Linux ext2 [Woody10] 3997.49
hda11 Logical Linux ext2 [Sarge11] 3997.49
hda12 Logical Linux swap 3997.49
hda13 Logical Linux ext2 [Reunie] 3997.49
hda14 Logical Linux ext2 [Sound] 3997.49
hda15 Logical Linux ext3 [Redhat15] 3997.49
hda16 Logical Linux ext2 3997.49
hda17 Logical Linux ext2 3997.49
hda18 Logical Linux ext3 3997.49
hda19 Logical Linux ext2 3997.49
hda20 Logical Linux ext3 3997.49
hda21 Logical Linux ext2 3997.49
Logical Free Space 9804.54

Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430TX - 82439TX MTXC (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 01)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 01)
0000:00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage II+
215GTB
[Mach64 GTB] (rev 9a)
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet
10/100 (rev 11)
0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/
8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev
08)

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked: [ok ]
Configure network HW: [ok ]
Config network: [errors ]
Detect CD: [ok ]
Load installer modules: [worked ]
Detect hard drives: [ok ]
Partition hard drives: [worked ]
Create file systems: [ok ]
Mount partitions: [error ]
Install base system: [ok ]
Install boot loader: [error? ]
Reboot: [ok ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

PRIOR TO INSTALLING :

burned cd, and mounted it, and read README.txt, which is a bit strange,
seems to be written for an entirely different CD,
it even says to bear in mind that this is an unofficial CD,
while it really is an official snapshot.

INSTALLING :

at bootsplash, i type 'expert26', because i want to use lilo

messages flash by,
among last of these i see 'FATAL: module hid not found'
fortunately install continues.

I am presented with menus,
but without explanation of which keys to use to traverse them.

Kernel modules are loaded,
and i am notified 'unable to load some modules',
notably all modules i need for network cards are apparently unloadable
this is a bit disquieting, but install proceeds.

at 'load installer components', 'continue' is not default

network devices are detected correctly,
and now drivers for them can be loaded !?!

at 'detect network hardware' i am told about modules that are not yet available,
notably ide-scsi, ide-mode, ide-probe-mod, ide-detect, ide-floppy,
but afaik these are not needed for network hardware, ide-scsi is for cdrom.
also, term 'unable to' is a bit alarming to me.

skipping 'configure the network', as instructed
(i am not told that installer only installs minimal bootable system
and network isnt needed for that; but expert should know that;
and it probably wouldnt have hurt if i had configured it.)

same questions about pcmcia asked again.

same 'unable to load some modules' message is shown again,
only now in a box titled 'detect hardware'.

choosing manual partitioning,
because i have a large harddisk, and many partitions,
and i experienced sudden disappearance of partitions in woody once,
when i had manually added addidtional device nodes for very many partitions;
so i take opportunity to let installer create partitions for me.

creating new partitions /dev/hda15,16,17,18,19,20,21 each 4 GB,
most of them ext2, 18 and 20 ext 3, not mounting them.

installer recomputes partition table after every partition added,
takes 35 seconds each time (on my 200 MHz machine).

use /dev/hda11 as ext2 and mount root on it
use /dev/hda6 as ext2 and mount /home on it
use /dev/hda1 as ext2 and mount /boot on it
cant mount /dev/hda7 on /my because i cant edit mountpoints,
and because /my is not a standard directory
use existing swap partition /dev/hda3 as swap

it would be nicer if partition table showed labels,
as i use these to tell me what i use each partition for

there is no option 'errors=ro', so i used defaults for root partition

'configure software raid' &co do not mention that
i dont need to run through them,
but ok, it is expert partitioning.

lots of warnings for unassigned mountpoints

'"the" ext2 filesystem passed a basic test' is popped up 3 times in a row,
perhaps mention which filesystem that was ?
i am happy to find that program is not in a loop...

attempt to mount swap failed
(that swap partition was always used without problems
when running woody (which has its root on hda10)).
at time of failure report, progress bar had already reached 100%
i go back to partitioner, tell it to use hda12 as swap too (4GB).
this still fails,
failure to swapon hda3 seems to prevent hda12 from being tried,
so i go back to partitioner and set hda3 to be unused,
now it works.

i missed mention of availability of other VTs,

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