Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 25-01-2004 powerpc netinst sid_d-i iso from gluck
uname -a: not available, sorry
Date: Fri Jan 26 19:35:42 CET 2004
Method: boot from cdrom,
Machine: recent Apple Powerbook 12" (bought nov03)
Processor: g4 1ghz
Memory: 512mb
Root Device: 60gb disk
Root Size/partition table: hda11 9gb
Output of lspci: not available
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked:[E] see below
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E] see below
Create file systems:[O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system:[O]
Install boot loader:[E] see below
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
boot from cd works ok (and closes #226447) but main-menu comes up with a red
background for normal questions and blue background for warnings!
switching to console 4 shows tail unable to find /var/log/syslog (and in fact
syslogd didn't started!), manually starting syslogd from console 2 still doesn't
create /var/log/syslog (there's only /var/log/messages)
"eth0 switching to forced 10bt" is printed at regular intervals in the current
console (apart from 1) and it changes from "10bt" to "100bt" and back again to
"10bt" and so on
I previously had to shrink my hfs+ partition with a patched parted (see #226115)
and then I partitioned the free space with d-i but had to reboot to see newly
created partitions.
d-i installed base into /target and then happily prompt it hadn't installed a
boot loader, after it asked for reboot.
please contact me if you need other informations! I'll keep on testing sid_d-i
isos on this powerbook and thanks for the great debian-installer!
filippo
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