Unfortunately I had to scrap the install due to continuous errors that were popping up with the RTC clock, and inability of Vmware Server Win32 client to access the virtual-machine console.
I will try to file bugs against these issues. BTW, AFAICanTell, my DVD burner is IDE instead of SATA. >From my standpoint, it would be beneficial for the distro to concentrate on getting Etch working flawlessly with Vmware out of the box; I highly recommend Sarge as a minimal Linux host, but its kernel is having trouble with newer hardware. ( I can volunteer for testing if you like; still have some free space on the host HD. ) See: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=424107񧢫 My best Sarge success story to date involves an ancient dual-200MHz rackmount SCSI server running 2.4 kernel with 768MB RAM and Vmware Server(!). Box refuses to boot any 2.6 kernel, but vmware can run a 2.6 guest. With Sarge, it runs well with 2.4.27-3-686-smp and Vmware Server response is good with a single Win2kpro guest. :) Keep up the good work, good ol' Sarge helped to save that server from being junked. Debian should always be a good alternative for lower-end systems that other distros won't boot or install on - low memory systems especially. As I said in the vmware posting above, I ain't worried about no fancy GUI installer - I just want it to Work. ;-) --- Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 07:32:42PM -0700, Dave Bechtel wrote: > > Thanks. :) I used the Testing (etch) nightly snapshot and it worked OK. > > Okay! That is good to known / hear / read. > > Have fun with you Debian GNU/Linux computer system. > > > However, there is a minor annoyance that should be addressed before the > next > > Stable release. > > Please file new bugreports for it. Do this with writing an E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a content like > > |Package: debian-installer > |Version: nightly snapshot of $DATE # or better > |Severity: wishlist > | > |When selecting Reiserfs for root partition, /etc/fstab gets > |created with the "notail" mount option even when it is not selected during > |install. Noatime is fine and desired (and was selected) but notail on a > |Reiser v3 filesystem is a waste of space due to no tail-packing. > > Add also a nice subject to the E-mail. > More information about the Debian Bug Tracking Sytem is > at http://www.nl.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting it even starts with > > Please don't report multiple unrelated bugs - especially ones in > different packages - in a single bug report. It makes our lives much > easier if you send separate reports. > > So try it with: > > Also, the Ethernet device detection order could use some work; eth0 should > be > > the motherboard Intel 1000 (it showed up as eth2 with DHCP); there is also > a > > PCI card using the 8139too driver, which got detected as eth0. There is > no > > 3rd ethernet device. > > > > Referring back to lspci: > > [[ > > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573V Gigabit Ethernet > Controller (Copper) (rev 03) > > 07:02.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10) > > ]] > > > > The motherboard Ethernet device is 1st. > > > > [[ dmesg output ]] > > > > Thanks for the links. > > Thank you for considering the next time to reply below the text. > Visit http://bugs.debian.org/385233 for good and bad examples of quoting. > > > Cheers > Geert Stappers > Contents above ThisLine (C)ThisYear KingNeutron Ltd. ===== Check out KNOPPIX Debian/Linux 700MB Live CD: ===== http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-old-en.html "C00K13 M0N573R 0WNZ J00!! PH34R C00K13 M0N573R 4ND 0SC4R 4ND 3LM0 4ND 5NUFFL3UP46U5 4ND 7H3 31337 535AM3 57R337 CR3W!!" .dotgoeshere. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
