Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: RC2
uname -a: Linux aarchie 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Thu Nov 25 04:24:08 UTC 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 12/01/05, 18:30 GMT (updated around 23:00 GMT)
Method: http, from netinst CD image with Debian base, from ftp.uk.debian.org,
not proxied.
Machine: Custom built PC
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
Memory: 1GB
Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda3
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 158816 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 40641 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 80289 158802 39571056 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3 40642 80288 19982088 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 81282 123150 21101346 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 123150 135326 6136798+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 135326 136330 506016 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda8 136330 158802 11325793+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 80289 81281 500409 82 Linux swap
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/hdb: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 1912 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdb2 1913 7476 44692830 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdb5 1913 3825 15366141 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdb6 3826 7476 29326626 7 HPFS/NTFS
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
aarchie:/dev# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333
AGP]
0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
0000:00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port
(rev 03)
0000:00:0b.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 23)
0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 23)
0000:00:13.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:14.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:14.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:14.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon
9600]
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]
(Secondary)
aarchie:/dev# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:3099
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:b099
0000:00:0b.0 0401: 1102:0004 (rev 03)
0000:00:0b.1 0980: 1102:7003 (rev 03)
0000:00:0b.2 0c00: 1102:4001
0000:00:11.0 0601: 1106:3147
0000:00:11.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:11.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 23)
0000:00:11.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 23)
0000:00:13.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:00:14.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 50)
0000:00:14.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 50)
0000:00:14.2 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 51)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:4150
0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:4170
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: [E]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Once installed, fully updated and added the 2.6 kernel:
My sound card didn't work (couldn't find /dev/dsp). I installed
alsa-utils & alsa-base and ran 'alsaconfig'. Sound then worked.
/media/cdrom0 & /media/cdrom1 were not automatically created. I created
them ('mkdir' as root) and CDs now work.
cfdisk complains that "FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 9: enlarged
logical partitions overlap". On googling this seems to be because the
swap partition (created by debian installer) is not named in sequence.
(should be called hda4, not hda9?)
I would have liked it if the debian installer had added entries to my
fstab for all my partitions. Other linux distros do this by default & I
couldn't see any option for it in the installer. I'm still looking for
some way to do this without writing it by hand. Perhaps I should have
chosen mount points during initial partitioning? But how can I get back
there now without wiping my install?
When autodetected my LCD monitor (LG Flatron L1710B) & video card (ATI
Radeon 9600) left X set to a maximum resolution of 800x600. Native res
for my monitor is 1280x1024. 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' & some
guessing at the more advanced options left it with the right
resolution. Out of interest, is there a way to get back to the X &
keyboard configuring parts of the installer? 'base-config' only seems
to give me a subset of the functions of the installer.
I probably would have prefered if the installer had been less
conservative and gone straight for the 2.6 kernel. Is there a way to
set this?
Hope this is some help. Let me know if there's any more info needed.
Any thoughts on the above very much welcomed!
Cheers,
Archie.
