Bug#457973: debian installer (etch r1) on AMD Athlon XP 3200++

On Thursday 27 December 2007, Manfred Rebentisch wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> 1. I choose "expertgui"

Note that "expert" really is only intended for people for are very familiar with the installer and actually need the additional options.

> 2. Can choose kernels, but missing description about that !

The installer automatically selects a good default. If you don't know better, just select that.

> 3. The detection of network card shows only the hardware "floppy"
> 4. The detection of hard disks shows only one entry named "floppy" too.

What's the point? As you were able to complete the installation I assume that both network and disk were supported. Again, don't use expert mode unless you need to.

> 5. The software task "KDE-desktop" is missing

No, it is not. It's just not possible to select it from a dialog. There is a separate installation CD that installs KDE by default. Please consult the installation guide for info on how to select KDE using the standard CD images.

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> 6. uswsusp give message, that there is no valid swap partition. But
> there where two valid swap partitions while installation process. One
> swap on sda2 from RAID and one on hda2 from first installation trial.

This is a known issue.

> 7. There was no possibility to add the first user
> 8. There was no question for the root password

This is just not correct.

> 9. During disk partitioning it was not clear, on which of the disks
> debian will install. It was done ok, but there was no possibility to
> choose the destination disk (hda or sda).

This is just not correct either. Both for guided and manual partitioning the installer _always_ lets you select which disk to use.

> Thank you for your work

Thank you for submitting the installation report.

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Cheers,
FJP

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