Bug#393523: successful install, informational bug report

2006-10-17 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 16-10-2006 om 13:48 schreef Scott Fitzgerald:
 
 I maintain several computers in two homes, so I keep a mirror of the debian 
 mirror at MIT.edu as a filesystem and copy that from computer to computer, 
 then I install from the filesystem.  I find this practice saves MIT.edu 
 bandwidth (I only update one copy) and saves me time (a disk partition is 
 faster that a DSL modem.)  I was very upset that there was no way to install 
 from the file system, or at least there was no obvious way of doing it (I am 
 discussing a filesystem that I installed via a boot-cd to a large partition 
 before installing debian on the same disk.)  Looks like I could access an 
 intranet lan to do this, but I do not have one set up.  Being able to do this 
 would be a great wishlist item for people responsible for multiple PC's.

I suggest that you install at each home a local mirror of a Debian
archive. I'm happy with the programm apt-proxy (`aptitude install apt-proxy`)

 Thank You
 -- 
 Scotty Fitzgerald


Thank you for your contributions.


Cheers
Geert Stappers


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Bug#393523: successful install, informational bug report

2006-10-16 Thread Scott Fitzgerald
Package: installation-reports

Boot method: CD
Image version: 15-Oct-2006 cdimage.debian.org etch_di_beta3/i386 1st ISO only
Date: 16-Oct-2006 13:27 EST US

Machine: Tyan Thunder k8 motherboard
Processor:Opterorn
Memory:1 GB
Partitions:
FilesystemType   1K-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 ext3 2403496302028   1979376  14% /
udev tmpfs   1024084 10156   1% /dev
devshm   tmpfs  517872 0517872   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda11ext347300028184480  44674072   1% /backup
/dev/sda10ext326850024176288  25331108   1% /big
/dev/sda12ext348094568  13578472  32073016  30% /distro
/dev/sda8 ext2 240349672   2281332   1% /home
/dev/sda9 ext2 240349652   2281352   1% /projects
/dev/sda7 ext3 2403496   1535360746044  68% /usr


Output of lspci and lspci -n:
lspci
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio 
Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM 
Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Miscellaneous Control
01:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller 
(rev 80)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7300 GS (rev a1)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci -n
00:00.0 0580: 10de:005e (rev a3)
00:01.0 0601: 10de:0050 (rev a3)
00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0052 (rev a2)
00:02.0 0c03: 10de:005a (rev a2)
00:02.1 0c03: 10de:005b (rev a3)
00:04.0 0401: 10de:0059 (rev a2)
00:06.0 0101: 10de:0053 (rev f2)
00:07.0 0101: 10de:0054 (rev f3)
00:08.0 0101: 10de:0055 (rev f3)
00:09.0 0604: 10de:005c (rev a2)
00:0a.0 0680: 10de:0057 (rev a3)
00:0b.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
00:0c.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
00:0d.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
00:0e.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
01:06.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 80)
05:00.0 0300: 10de:01df (rev a1)


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:[O]
Configure network HW:   [E]
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]

Comments/Problems:

Network Hardware, my motherboard comes in two models, one has both the NV 
Marvell onboard GB lan and the Broadcom GB lan, and one model (the one I 
have) has only the NV lan.  The installer picks up a non-existent second 
lan on my motherboard, and links it to eth0.  I knew enough to choose 
eth1, but I am concerned that more novice Debian users might have problems 
here.

I maintain several computers in two homes, so I keep a mirror of the debian 
mirror at MIT.edu as a filesystem and copy that from computer to computer, 
then I install from the filesystem.  I find this practice saves MIT.edu 
bandwidth (I only update one copy) and saves me time (a disk partition is 
faster that a DSL modem.)  I was very upset that there was no way to install 
from the file system, or at least there was no obvious way of doing it (I am 
discussing a filesystem that I installed via a boot-cd to a large partition 
before installing debian on the same disk.)  Looks like I could access an 
intranet lan to do this, but I do not have one set up.  Being able to do this 
would be a great wishlist item for people responsible for multiple PC's.

Thank You
-- 
Scotty Fitzgerald
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