Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: sarge 3.1 rev0a (downloaded via bittorrent, June 29, 2005) uname -a: Linux fuzzy 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Thu May 19 17:53:30 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Date: July 3, 2005, 7:35pm EST Method: installed from CD-ROM binary-1
Machine: Dell Inspiron 8100 Processor: Pentium III Memory: 256 M Root Device: IDE, hda: FUJITSU MHT2030AT, ATA DISK drive Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1493 11992491 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda2 1494 1558 522112+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda3 1559 3648 16787925 83 Linux Output of lspci and lspci -n: lspci: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 04) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BAM IDE U100 (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 03) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go] (rev b2) 0000:02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10) 0000:02:06.0 PCI bridge: Actiontec Electronics Inc Mini-PCI bridge (rev 11) 0000:02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 0000:02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 0000:02:0f.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller 0000:08:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) 0000:08:08.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics WinModem 56k (rev 01) lspci -n: 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:1130 (rev 04) 0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:1131 (rev 04) 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:244c (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:244a (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.2 0c03: 8086:2442 (rev 03) 0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0112 (rev b2) 0000:02:03.0 0401: 125d:1998 (rev 10) 0000:02:06.0 0604: 1668:0100 (rev 11) 0000:02:0f.0 0607: 104c:ac42 0000:02:0f.1 0607: 104c:ac42 0000:02:0f.2 0c00: 104c:8027 0000:08:04.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08) 0000:08:08.0 0780: 11c1:0448 (rev 01) 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: [ O] Partition hard drives: [ O] Create file systems: [ O] Mount partitions: [ O] Install base system: [ O] Install boot loader: [ O] Reboot: [ O] Comments/Problems: I chose expert26 at the initial boot prompt. This machine has built-in ethernet (correctly detected, it seems) and a wireless PCMCIA card (correctly detected, at least during the first half of the install). I use the wireless card, and I pretty much never use the built-in one any more. So I figured I'd use the wireless card during the installation. It was correctly detected, and the first part of the install was clearly talking to the DHCP server. The installer offered me the hostname dhcp-2, which I changed to fuzzy. It offered me the domain name unseen.edu (which is how I know it was talking to the DHCP server); this time, I kept it (though it is bogus), but on previous tries, I had changed it to nothing. (I mean, of course, that I made it blank; I did not type "nothing" into that space.) These settings did not seem to make a difference. I went through partitioning (since I also have Windows XP installed), I installed GRUB, and then I rebooted. After the reboot, there was no network. I went ahead with the install anyway, because I had packages on the CD-ROM. I guessed at the monitor settings; I have an nvidia card, so I followed the "don't try to auto-detect monitor information" advice. It worked out OK, but not great. (The picture is good, but there's a black border around the edges.) I'm willing to believe that I'm mis-remembering the resolution I get under Windows, and I'll try this part again later. I also noticed some module-loading error messages. As a result, I read /var/log/messages, and, like many before me with the 2.6 kernel, I saw the confusing message: "No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled." Well, clearly modules are enabled; lsmod lists a bunch of them. Anyway, back to the network: I looked in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, and found the tell-tale line: DHCP="n" I changed it to DHCP="y" and rebooted, and now I'm sending you this message! If I'd known it would be so easy, I wouldn't have tried installing with so many different host and domain name choices. So it goes, I guess. My next step will be apt-setup, or some other method of getting appropriate lines into my sources.list. To be fair, /etc/network/interfaces does have a line for eth1, and it does specify dhcp. So maybe I wasn't supposed to need the DHCP="y" in network.opts. But it wasn't working before I made the change, and now it is (as eth2). In happier news, I plugged in my USB stick (on an install from earlier today), and it just worked. I imagine the same will be true for this install. Likewise, it recognized my PDA; I didn't try pilot-xfer, not having installed it, but I have high hopes. I've left out details like choosing the 686 kernel over the 386 one (which I had tried, with the same results, in non-expert 2.6 mode), changing the paper size from a4 to letter, etc. This message is long enough as it is, but I felt I should mention that I haven't mentioned everything. :)
