Hello all, I just pressed "send" and "reload" and there was a new netinst-image! Well, then just try this also. Debian-installer-version: 30-Dec-2003 11:11h netinst.iso 2nd build from http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/daily/ just to be sure: md5sum sarge-i386-netinst-20031230.2.iso 8d88a368fc22eeee25144b8592d75684 sarge-i386-netinst-20031230.2.iso to make it short: This image is no good for my box. - network cannot be configured, because ne2k-pci fails to load with unresolved symbols: insmod: unresolved symbol ei_close_Rc8e3042e insmod: unresolved symbol ei_open_R8c9e3b69 insmod: unresolved symbol ethdev_init_R2342cc80 insmod: unresolved symbol ei_interrupr_Rb93d8fa5 insmod: unresolved symbol NS8390_init_Rd79efca9 this worked on the image before. - ncr53c8xx (scsi) is missing and sym53c8xx is not loaded through the hw detection phase. loading sym53c8xx, sr_mod and sd_mod manually results in the SCSI disks being avaliable, though. this worked on the image before - booting "net" still results in the di-utils-devicefiles problem, see my last message - I noticed that the selection list in "Load installer modules" is considerably shorter when booting "expert" instead of "net". That may or may not be a problem This time I got a whee bit more fancy and requested lvmcfg and md-modules to be installed. + configure LVM shows up and works, which is nice :-) - ext3 has vanished from the selection in conf.+mount filesystems - I needed to mount /boot manually, not sure why. Its on ide (not scsi), and I requested the file system to be left alone. mount /dev/hda1 /target/boot would not work, whereas mount /dev/discs/disc0/part1 /target/boot did. - installing the kernel failed, with mk.initrd claiming that /dev/vg00/lvol1 does not exist. This is not correct, but it makes dpkg install kernel-image-2.4.22-1-386 fail. This leaves the system in an unbootable state, at which point I think, it's time to quit for today. At this time I would not call the last 3 points a problem, since it can all stem from the same source as the unresolved symbols, namely some build error on the image. Cheers, Erich Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [E] unresolved symbols on ne2k-pci Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [E] ide drive ok, scsi only after loading sym53c8xx manually Partition hard drives: [O] ---configure LVM [O] Create file systems: [O] no ext3 any more ? reiserfs. Mount partitions: [E] did not mount /dev/hda1, manually ok. Install base system: [O] ---extra packages [O] ---kernel [E] mk.initrd: /dev/vg00/lvol1 does not exist ? Lie! fails at this point. Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]