Package: installation-reports Boot method: NetInstall Image version: etch_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso Date: Mid April 2006
Machine: Custom x86 Desktop Machine Processor: Pentium IV 2.4ghz Memory: 1GB Partitions: man I gotta omit this it's huge and useless in this case Output of lspci and lspci -n: also useless in this case 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: Ok, so in truth the installer works great. It runs everything as expected, autodetects hardware, sets up partitions well, installs the base system and runs the replacement for base-config which is how I get to my problem. Originally this machine ran Windows along side Debian, so the hardware clock had to be set to local time not UTC. Both base-config and the new installer handle setting this to localtime during the install fine. However since I wiped my Windows install away I need to reset that to UTC for the installed system. On Sarge and prior versions I could run base-config at a later date and update these settings as needed. However base-config was replaced in etch by the d-I udebs for the same task. As a result the base-config tools available in Sarge are now missing in etch. Were these replaced by a different package? Were they simply removed? If so could we use the code in the old base-config package to recreate the feature? Any ideas? Thanks, Matthew McGuire
