Sjon, > > Dear list, > > I'm busy installing Debian GNU/Linux on my old TOPLINE MEDIANOTE. > This is a > 486-laptop running at 50 MHz with 8 MB RAM. Since it has no CD-ROM or > network-connection, I have to use a PLIP-link with my desktop > (also running > Debian) to access files trough NFS. > > <BEFORE THE PROBLEM> > First, I've tried the bootfloppies that come on the Debian 3.0 > CD-ROM. They > boot properly, the root disk loads but then the laptop hangs and doesn't > continue to the installation menu. > Next, I downloaded older bootfloppies from the latest 2.2-release and > managed to boot into the installation system. After loading the 4 > driver-disks and playing around for a long while, I eventually managed to > bring up a working PLIP-link! After letting my desktop machine masquerade > traffic from the laptop, I could even ping hosts on the internet. This > seemed to work well. So I told the installation system to download stuff > over the network, from the internet. But, it kept saying that it couldn't > resolve hostnames while the ping command could! > My last strategy: I downloaded the base2_2.tgz and placed in on > my desktop. > Exported the filesystem and mounted it on the laptop. Again: fine. Choose > the method nfs for installing the base system in the installation > menu .... > and here come's the big problem: > </BEFORE THE PROBLEM> > > After running for a while, the installer exits and gets > restarted. No error > messages on the messages-console, just the message that it's restarted > because it exited. Also tried to manually cp the base2_2.tgz to the local > drive to install it from there, same story: after a while, the console > running cp exits and gets restarted. Also tried to run the > cp-process in the > background - this also gets killed after, say, 5 minutes. > > What could be the problem here? It seems that al processes get killed if > they run 'too long' or something? Is there a way to prevent this from > happening? Or is this a bug that should not happen?
Maybe using slip is a better way to get this to work. Slip is a wellknow and an old methode. connect a null-modem kabel between your laptop and the desktop. > > > > Kind regards, > Sjon Wijnolst, > The Netherlands. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Goodluck Jan van Gils ---- With regards Jan H. van Gils Internet web-page http://www.Knoware.NL/users/janvg/ Internet e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] RIPE Whois JHG5-RIPE, 6BONE Whois JHG1-6BONE
