Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD image Image version: 'testing' netinstaller snapshot image 2006-11-30 (downloaded 2006-12-02) from debian.org Date: 2006-12-03 Machine: PC Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 dualcore Memory: 2G RAM dual channel Video: 256M nvidia GForce7200 Harddrive: 320G SATA II 'ST3320620AS' Partitions: I try to create 1 prim -> 11 logical partitions including 2 x swap and a fat32, + 1 prim = /boot User level: I'm experienced.
-- It was my intention to take as less care as possible, to test the installers robustness. Accordingly, the installation didn't succeed. This is a preliminary bug report - more to come soon. I hope i will have more luck tomorrow ;) -- I just send you my manual logs, mainly usability notes. I chose the graphical installer, got a nice screen and anything went fine, until the partitioner. __________________ Manual partitioning __________________ * keyboard navigation: the active buttons are not easy to recognize (no highlight color) it's a detail but creates a unsure feeling - really, that's an unfortunate moment to tolerate that detail, at *partitioning* ! * I notice that installer offers some standard mountpoints. It would be nice if those already chosen would be omitted in that list. * You really want to have MB the default when i enter just a number ? I bet 99% of all AMD64 users partition anything in full G. I missed to type 'G' repeatedly, leading to the below barfed issue. * pressing 'back' one time too often throws me back to the beginning, deleting my sophisticated partitioning table without warning ! Shit ! Strange enough, some values (m%, name, ..) seem to be remembered -> does it mean the partition table gets written immediately to disk, for every new partition ? I am used to it being written only if anything is complete...and why does the installer show an empty table at the second start then. * Selecting an already completed partition, i can modify any setting but not the size. ... You see, that's the reason why i walked back at all in the above mentioned case, to search for that feature. A trap. Why do i have to *search* for a way to modify the size ? It should be there, in the main partition settings, as anything else. ... i checked it out now, you really want me to *delete* it ! Come on... that's really really uncool. (And don't tell me it can't be because the table immediately gets written, or whatever. I know it can. You know it can.) ________________________ Failure stability and debug logging ________________________ * oops. After creating 11 sophistricated partitions, i pressed a wrong key (ESC one time too often ?) and GTK or whatever crashed: 5 seconds of silence, where all buttons are blank, so no screenshot possible; with blank window content. Then the main menu reappears. Choosing 'Create partitions' again, just leads to the same empty window. Nothing left from my precious table it seems ! And I can't go on. I tried to save a debug log: 'Web' just went back to main menu. I already configured the network though. Maybe the card wasn't working?. No way to check that ! 'Disc': Didn't try that, there's no floppy drive anyway (i bet 99% of AMD64 users....) and no dvd writer yet (would that have worked ?). 'Mounted Filesystem' leads to unresponsive system,with blinking white screen... and here we are. Looks like i have to reboot. Uhgh. I'm finished. (I admit i'm far too tired BUT isn't that the standard situation ? For sysadmins. Anyway i can't remember it had been different any time....) Enough for tonight.... m° * ps. There should be a feature to leave the graphical configurator, to enter a shell to track bugs (like, i still don't know if the network was reachable at all)