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Debian-installer-version: rc1 netinst CD image http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso on the 6th Sept 2004 uname -a: Linux xxxxxxxxxx 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 22 12:46:23 JST 2004 i686 unknown Date: 6th Sept 2004 Method: Boot off netinst CD & used an apt-cache server Machine: HP (Compaq) DL-320 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz Memory: 1GB Root Device: SCSI Root Size/partition table: fdisk -l /dev/cciss/c0d0 > >Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 36.4 GB, 36414750720 bytes >255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 8716 cylinders >Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 1915 7813184 83 Linux >/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 1916 2872 3904560 82 Linux swap >/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 2873 4787 7813200 83 Linux ./dev/cciss/c0d0p4 4788 8716 16030320 83 Linux Output of lspci and lspci -n: >lspci >0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge (rev 32) >0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge >0000:00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) >0000:00:04.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Advanced System >Management Controller >0000:00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702X >Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) >0000:00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702X >Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) >0000:00:07.0 RAID bus controller: Compaq Computer Corporation Smart Array 5i/532 (rev 01) >0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks CSB6 South Bridge (rev a0) >0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB6 RAID/IDE Controller (rev a0) >0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks CSB6 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05) >0000:00:0f.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCLE-2 Host Bridge lspci -n >0000:00:00.0 0600: 1166:0017 (rev 32) >0000:00:00.1 0600: 1166:0017 >0000:00:03.0 0300: 1002:4752 (rev 27) >0000:00:04.0 0880: 0e11:a0f0 >0000:00:05.0 0200: 14e4:16a6 (rev 02) >0000:00:06.0 0200: 14e4:16a6 (rev 02) >0000:00:07.0 0104: 0e11:b178 (rev 01) >0000:00:0f.0 0601: 1166:0203 (rev a0) >0000:00:0f.1 0101: 1166:0213 (rev a0) >0000:00:0f.2 0c03: 1166:0221 (rev 05) >0000:00:0f.3 0600: 1166:0227 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: [O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: Problem came after the system had restarted & dselect was used to install ssh dpkg/dselect gave me the following errors on the package installation/upgrades which I worked around with the old dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/...... trick the following packages seem to overlap binaries etc.... coreutils and fileutils coreutils and shellutils coreutils and textutils and ncurses-term & Eterm-color Which is odd as I never asked for Eterm I realise that the above errors are probably package bugs & I can submit them as seperate bugs against the individual packages if you like. Also why does dselect insist on installing gcc etc? If I'm setting up a web server, there is no way I want a C or any other compilers on the machine I'm always having to hand remove a whole shit load of packages to get the installed software list sane. The list of stuff I seem to regularly peel of new machines are.... bin86 binutils bison cpp cpp-3.3 cpp-3.4 dictionaries-common dpkg-dev flex g++ g++-3.3 g++-3.4 gcc gcc-3.3 gcc-3.4 gdb gnu-efi gnupg iamerican ibritish ispell libc6-dev libstdc++5-3.3-dev libstdc++6-dev linux-kernel-headers lpr manpages-dev mutt nano nfs-common popularity-contest ppp pppconfig pppoe pppoeconf procmail python python-newt python2.3 rcs reportbug vacation wamerican whois Some of the above I can understand in a bare bones install eg the ppp stuff, but the GCC stuff? Alternativly is there someway I can automagically peel off these unwanted packages either at install time or with some sort of post install cleanup tool. What I'm doing at the moment is diff'ing the output of a known good machine with the contents of dpkg --get-selections then using that in a dpkg --set-selections to purge the unwanted bits I can send you theis script is you are interested Another problem is that gcc-3.3-base needs to be installed If I try to remove it the following packages also get removed! apt apt-utils aptitude base-config console-tools dpkg dselect gcc-3.3-base groff-base hotplug initscripts kernel-image-2.4.26-1-386 libsigc++-1.2-5c102 libstdc++5 man-db modutils sysvinit tasksel telnet Otherwise the new installer works great! A definite improvement on the older one :) Keep up the good work Error output follows - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unpacking fileutils (from .../fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/bin/chgrp', which is also in package coreutils dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/shellutils_2.0.11-11_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/bin/date', which is also in package coreutils dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/shellutils_2.0.11-11_i386.deb Unpacking textutils (from .../textutils_2.0-12_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/textutils_2.0-12_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/bin/cat', which is also in package coreutils dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/textutils_2.0-12_i386.deb Unpacking ncurses-term (from .../ncurses-term_5.2.20020112a-7_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ncurses-term_5.2.20020112a-7_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/terminfo/E/Eterm-color', which is also in package ncurses-base dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/ncurses-term_5.2.20020112a-7_all.deb - -- ________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. (author unknown) with thanks and apologies to Frank Herbert ________________________________ Jan Eringa Unix Admin Orbian Management Ltd ________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBPzbFX4LWCZ7JjaMRAuwlAKCYxQTeKqPYQM+DdnDBWj/vvWAI2wCeNsOB fIPqtO+LeQJR4Rhk4qr+eeQ= =unvX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
