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INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: Debian Installer release candidate 1

http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: Aug 11,2004
Method: How did you install? burnt installer and proceed with netinstall
What did you boot off? Booted from harddisk
If network install, from where? Proxied?

Machine: Asus
Processor: Pentium IV
Memory: 1Gig
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: 15Gig
Output of lspci and lspci -n:

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: [O]
Install boot loader: [E] (see bug below)
Reboot: [O]

Comments/Problems:

-CRASH/REBOOT: After Base was installe, system rebooted fine. Entered
root password, at new user account creation entered username, after
entering the newuser password the second time to confirm new user
password, pressed enter key and then the PC rebooted immediately without
any message. Netinstall beta 4 was working fine, netinstaller release
candidate 1 is broken.

-BUG: Didn't want to install grub, so answered "NO" at grub installation
but was then prompted to enter device name where to install grub. After
trying to answer fd0 (as indicated as one possibility) installation of
grub failed with "unable to install grub in /dev/fd0". It's strange that
it still asked where to install grub in first place as even when you say
you don't want grub it ask you where to install it.

thanks for you work.

Install logs and other status info is available in
/var/log/debian-installer/.
Once you have filled out this report, mail it to [email protected].


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From: [email protected]

[email protected] wrote:

-CRASH/REBOOT: After Base was installe, system rebooted fine. Entered
root password, at new user account creation entered username, after
entering the newuser password the second time to confirm new user
password, pressed enter key and then the PC rebooted immediately without
any message. Netinstall beta 4 was working fine, netinstaller release candidate 1 is broken.

Hotplug is broken. Please see our errata.

-BUG: Didn't want to install grub, so answered "NO" at grub installation
but was then prompted to enter device name where to install grub. After trying to answer fd0 (as indicated as one possibility) installation of
grub failed with "unable to install grub in /dev/fd0". It's strange that
it still asked where to install grub in first place as even when you say
you don't want grub it ask you where to install it.

It's not asking whether you want to install grub or not, the question is whethey you want to install it to the MBR.

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see shy jo

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