Thanks for your kind support. It didn't work either, but the explanation was really usable for any fool ;) I'd prefer it to be on the Debian website, for it would solve a lot of trouble in the first place.
I typed a new bugreport with the netboot, but wanted to thank you personally. I know it's your spare time, it's also mine ;) Have an nice day Jo ----- original Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: Re: Bug#595914: Bug-report / installation-report Gesendet: Di, 07. Sep 2010 Von: Christian PERRIER<bubu...@debian.org> > Quoting Jomei Ischowieda (l...@poly-tick.de): > > Hi there! > > > > Actually I don't mind, for I'd love to get rid of my problem ;) You'd just > need to explain how, 'cause I'm a newbie to this and the online > documentation does not provide the right information, I fear. Anyway I don't > know how to use the information provided. > > 1) go to http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > 2) read and find "daily built images" > 3) choose "other images (netboot, usb stick, floppy, etc)" > 4) choose your architecture: i386 is safe for all "PC" style > machines. "amd64" is the 64èbit version of Debian and is suitable for > any reasonably modern processor. I'd then recommend amd64 > 5) choose "netboot" > 6) click in mini.iso > 7) save to disk > 8) use your favorite CD burning application (yes, there are some good > ones even for Windows, even as Free Software) > 9) burn the image on a fresh CD > 10) boot your new machine with that CD > 11) answer questions > > > > > My network uses 192.254.111.1 as Gateway/DNS-Server without DHCP enabled, > but if necessary I'm able to provide DHCP. The notebook is capable of > network booting via BIOS, but then I don't know how to give him the right > server to install from. I hope that helps a bit. > > 12) even though the image is named "netboot", you don't need a boot > server to boot it. It is named this way because, being as minimal as > possible, everything is downloaded off the network as soon as possible > > > > > Personally I'd prefer a netinst-package, for it is simple enough for a > noob like me. > > There is no difference in usability between netboot and netinst. > > I'm afraid I can't give more details in a reasonable time, which is > currently part of my free time...:-) > > > Ah, don't forget answering to the bug report mail address instead of > just the individual who happened to answer you. This way, things are > being tracked down in the BTS. This, you couldn't guess...:) > > > > > --- original Nachricht Ende ---- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009081221.o88clx4c005...@post.webmailer.de