Alternate Install CD looks like it locked up on older systems, but is just slow
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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debian-installer (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I was recently given an old IBM Aptiva (K6-2 @ 500 MHz; 96 MB RAM, shared with video) and tried installing Feisty on it with the alternate install disk. It *seemed* to lock up at the "Configuring language-
Would it be possible, as a wishlist type bug, to add a little ASCII indicator to the alternate install CD to show that the step is actually being worked on? e.g. like for fsck when it checks the HD, repeating these four characters in the same spot to show a little spinning dial: / | \ -
Changed in debian-installer: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
Alternate Install CD looks like it locked up on older systems, but is - just slow :) + just slow |
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I have classified this bug as a bug in "debian-installer".