Package: debian-installer Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
Hi, I tried installing debian sarge beta 3 yesterday on a targa Visionary XP-210 laptop computer with first cd installer and net installer. Both failed during ide-floppy modprobing, as can be expected because the laptop lacks a floppy drive. To solve the problem, i tried disabling ide-floppy probing in expert mode. This time, the installer passed the first hardware detection phase. However, just before installing base system, the installer probes hardware again, and freezes upon probing ide-floppy. This probe occurs, even when not configuring the network. I could not disable ide-floppy for the second probing, that is to say, debian installer hardware detection does not seem to remember preferences from one test to the other. Debian-installer seems to probe hardware several times, and cannot be prevented from doing so. During first hardware detection phase in expert mode, debian-installer asks for parameters, but not in the following phases. When detecting hardware in expert mode, probing of a specific module cannot be canceled at parameter prompt. Installation could not be completed on the computer, even with cds known to be in working state after other installs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
