Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: beta2, debian.org uname -a: Linux smoke 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 12-MAR-2004, 4am or so ;) Method: boot from floppies, install from cdrom image (this laptop can't boot from cdrom) Machine: Sony VAIO laptop, PCG-Z505SX Processor: Pentium II, 366MHZ Memory: 128MB Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda, 5gb disk Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda: 6495 MB, 6495068160 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 839 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 32 241888+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hda2 33 64 241920 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 * 65 839 5859000 83 Linux hda3 is '/', hda1 is hibernation partition (which works well btw) Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 03) 00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) 00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicGraph 256AV] (rev 20) 00:08.1 Multimedia audio controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicMedia 256AV Audio] (rev 20) 00:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Sony Corporation CXD1947Q i.LINK Controller (rev 01) 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 00:0b.0 Communication controller: Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 01) 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: [ O] 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: did very minimal install, just wanted windowmaker and a few other things since not much memory/disk/cpu on this box. found that downloading installer modules from net did NOT work. complained that it could not find release files on cdrom or mirrors if i used any installer modules pulled down from the network. had to do everything from floppies/cdrom image (i installed about 10 times or so before i got it finally) noticed in some installs ext3 was not an option for some reason for filesystems, other times it was. only problem post-install is that 'locales' is tweaked, and tries to reconfigure every time i apt-get install something. i end up with: Setting up locales (2.3.2.ds1-11) ... Generating locales... C.UTF-8...cannot open locale definition file `C': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing locales (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 4 Setting up make (3.80-6) ... Errors were encountered while processing: locales E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) trying to figure out how to fix this now. also once the core system was installed, it didn't carry over any of the network configuration. had to manually setup /etc/network/interfaces, and tell it to pre-load e100 module for onboard nic, and configure net manually. also, once base system was up, did an 'apt-get install wmaker', which pulled down most things, but did not pull down or configure xserver-xfree86 for some reason. had to do that manually. very nice work. having an installer that auto-detects hardware was key to me being able to switch from redhat to debian. thank you very much! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]