On Wednesday 19 November 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Comments/Problems: > It appears that the presence of an USB stick during GRUB install > confuses GRUB about its whereabouts. I believe the contents of > /boot/grub/device.map was something like this: > /dev/sda (hd0) > /dev/cciss/c0d0 (hd1) > /dev/cciss/c0d1 (hd2)
Longstanding known issue I'm afraid. See: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata > Also, the network cards required bnx2 firmware debs on the memory > stick. It'd be helpful if the installer could include an URL to the > firmware.tar.gz and/or pointers to the appropriate section of the > installation manual for how to include those files, when it puts up the > error message about missing firmware. Well, users are supposed to be able to find the installation guide and hardcoding such stuff in the installer itself would make it less useful for derived distributions. In our opinion the website has sufficient links, which will of course be further improved when Lenny is released. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
