Boris Folgmann wrote: > I'm bloody new to Debian, please give me time to understand the form > procedure. I'm trying to install Sarge/Testing in vmware using the > netinstall CD image from 2003-10-08. > > Here are my observations: > > 1. The pcnet32 module is detected (and loaded?) but later the installer > says it could not be loaded. I have to repeat the NIC detection step, then > it works. No problems with other kernel modules
Whatever this is it is likely fixed in the newer daily CD builds. > 2. Why not choose the german mirror by default when I chose German as my > language? Yeah, the US mirror could be faster, but a default is always good > for load-balancing, isn't it? Depends. The US mirror is already load-balanced; it's got several dispersed computers behind it. > 3. I've got problems with the partitioning, so why are the mirror settings > collected before this step is completed? What about changing the order? You can do those steps in either order, or repeat either without worrying about the other. They're not connected. > 4. Partitoning: I've chosen reiserfs for / but the installer hangs, even > saying "y" to mkreiserfs on console 3 doesn't help. ext3 works! This is a known bug, although AFAIK running it manually should work. > What about a better tool than cfdisk? Amen! > 5. After formatting a base system is installed. But then a automatic > partition starts. Why again? Anyway, I can not get beyond this point, > because I get repeated "unable to re-read part. table" errors from the > installer. Rebooting and retrying does not help. :-( This is an old bug that is not present in the daily snapshots. > I hope these comments are of any value for you. What can I try to get it > installed? Should I try the daily netinstall ISO image? Yep. -- see shy jo
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