Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: 2004-04-01 
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-powerpc/20040326/images/powerpc/netboot/
uname -a: Linux Orthanc 2.4.25-powerpc #1 ven avr 2 22:32:38 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-04-01 17:45
Method: boot from testing-kernel-image (30492bf4098741ef01fb7bbecc1fbc63  vmlinux) && 
network install (from ftp.fi.debian.org) && no proxied

Machine: Apple PowerBook 12"
Processor: G4 867 Mhz
Memory: 256 MB DDR
Root Device: IDE TOSHIBA MK4021GAS
Root Size/partition table:

/dev/hda
        #                    type name                 length   base     ( size )  
system
/dev/hda1     Apple_partition_map Apple                    63 @ 1        ( 31.5k)  
Partition map
/dev/hda2          Apple_Driver43 Macintosh                56 @ 64       ( 28.0k)  
Driver 4.3
/dev/hda3          Apple_Driver43 Macintosh                56 @ 120      ( 28.0k)  
Driver 4.3
/dev/hda4        Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh                56 @ 176      ( 28.0k)  
Unknown
/dev/hda5        Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh                56 @ 232      ( 28.0k)  
Unknown
/dev/hda6          Apple_FWDriver Macintosh               512 @ 288      (256.0k)  
Unknown
/dev/hda7      Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh               512 @ 800      (256.0k)  
Unknown
/dev/hda8           Apple_Patches Patch Partition         512 @ 1312     (256.0k)  
Unknown
/dev/hda9               Apple_HFS Isengard           31780896 @ 1824     ( 15.2G)  HFS
/dev/hda10        Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root               25165824 @ 31782720 ( 12.0G)  
Linux native
/dev/hda11        Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap                 524288 @ 56948544 (256.0M)  
Linux swap
/dev/hda12        Apple_UNIX_SVR2 home                8388608 @ 57472832 (  4.0G)  
Linux native
/dev/hda13        Apple_UNIX_SVR2 stuff              12275712 @ 65861440 (  5.9G)  
Linux native
/dev/hda14        Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap              2048 @ 78137152 (  1.0M)  
NewWorld bootblock
/dev/hda15             Apple_Free Extra                   960 @ 78139200 (480.0k)  
Free space

Block size=512, Number of Blocks=78140160
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: @ 64 for 23, type=0x1
2: @ 120 for 36, type=0xffff
3: @ 176 for 21, type=0x701
4: @ 232 for 34, type=0xf8ff

Output of lspci:
0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 AGP
0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go 64M] 
(rev a3)
0000:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 0035
0000:10:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03)
0000:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 003e
0000:10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 003f
0000:10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 003f
0000:10:1a.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 003f
0000:20:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 0036
0000:20:0d.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 003b
0000:20:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 FireWire (rev 81)
0000:20:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 
80)

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]
Reboot:                 [O]

Comments/Problems:

I don't know why I get so much connection breaks (only) during system base 
installation. This is the only one mistake I found. Also an habitual handicap in 
debian installation on powerpc machines is yaboot (boot loader). It never works. I 
have always to download the original binaries and install them so it works fine.

I congratulate all the members of the Debian Installer developer team, because they 
have gotten a great installer, very 

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