Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 2006-03-28 http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian-cd/3.1r1/i386/debian-31r1-i386-binary-1.iso uname -a: Linux granite 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Tue Aug 16 12:46:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 2006-03-29 19:30 Method: Boot from two CDs that I burned Machine: HP Pavilion a1310n Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Memory: 1GB Root Device: Seagate Ultra/ATA /dev/hda1 Root Size/partition table: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /altroot ufs defaults,ufstype=44bsd,ro 0 1 /dev/hdb7 /bsd_backup ufs defaults,ufstype=44bsd,ro 0 1 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 Output of lspci and lspci -n: granite:~# lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5950 (rev 10) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a3f 0000:00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4379 0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4374 0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4375 0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4373 0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4372 (rev 11) 0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4376 0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4377 0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4371 0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4370 (rev 02) 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5954 0000:02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 0000:02:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) granite:~# lspci -n 0000:00:00.0 0600: 1002:5950 (rev 10) 0000:00:01.0 0604: 1002:5a3f 0000:00:12.0 0101: 1002:4379 0000:00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4374 0000:00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4375 0000:00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4373 0000:00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4372 (rev 11) 0000:00:14.1 0101: 1002:4376 0000:00:14.3 0601: 1002:4377 0000:00:14.4 0604: 1002:4371 0000:00:14.5 0401: 1002:4370 (rev 02) 0000:01:05.0 0300: 1002:5954 0000:02:03.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10) 0000:02:05.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 80) 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: [E] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [E] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: Network autoconfig failed because it could not get DHCP. I think this is because this hardware has an issue that makes the clock run at double speed, see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=5f631ce7bfd7e2f1cb6a7c3177cb1c91&t=75281 for example, as a result the DHCP probably timed out twice as fast as it should have. Ethereal (from another computer) showed my router WAS making DHCP offers but the new box would not accept them. After install was done I ran "dhclient" and it worked fine. Previous system on the same two hard disks was OpenBSD 3.6. Installer did not understand the existing partitions so I had to wipe the entire partition table for one drive (hda) and repartition which then worked fine. Later I was able to mount the existing drives from hdb as ufstype=44bsd, see /etc/fstab above. Motherboard's integrated video was not configured such that X was able to work on boot. Right now I have command-line only. Going to try installing another video card. Curiously both the internal video and the card worked on Knoppix and even Ubuntu live-CDs, so I was hoping basic Debian would know what to do. Surprised that rsync was not automatically installed, but had no trouble with "apt-get install rsync". Overall this install went pretty smooth (so far, still have not fixed the clock problem) so thanks a million to all!
