On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:49:11 -0700 Ian L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >You don't mention which netinst cd you're using. Is it rc1 or a daily > >build or something else? If you're using rc1, you can probably solve > >your problem by using one of the latest daily builds - worked great > >for me recently installing on a DFI motherboard with a builtin Nforce > >NIC. > > Its a daily netinst. I just booted off the disc to check and the build > is 20040927.
Ok, good.
> >If you're already using a recent daily build and having these > >problems, it sounds like you need to escape to a console- Ctrl-F2 and > >run ifconfig and lsmod to see which of your ethernet cards it's > >recognizing and trying to setup. If you're not sure what to do here, > >send us the output from 'ifconfig', 'ifconfig -a' and 'lsmod' and > >we'll try to give you more specific instructions. > > At what point do i hit ctrl-f2? If i select not to use dhcp, it > prompts me to enter an IP address. I tried filling in 192.168.0.100 > and letting it proceed from there, but it hangs after i enter in all > the IP info. If i skip the network setup entirely (i let it detect the > hardware, just skiped network settings) i can then continue along with > the install.
I would do it right after filling in the networking information manually or it fails to get information from dhcp; whichever way you can accomplish it best without a crash.
ctrl-f2 didnt do anything. It usually crashed if i let it try to use DHCP or if i enter in some IP info manually. Actually, i guess i shouldnt say crash, it freezes. Stops responding, no visible error message.
From the install menu i can scroll down and select escape to shell, but its a minimal shell with a handful of commands
This really sounds like you need to file a bug against debian-installer. This is the kind of stuff they want to get fixed (especially the crashes!) before the 'big release' which is supposed to happen any day now. :-)
Just point me to link ... i tried looking in their bug archive before, but i dont think i found a link to post a new bug.
> Also, i dont know if this is related or not, but everytime it prompts > me to load modules, it seems to want to load every IDE chipset module > it has.
I noticed that in my recent installs as well, though it didn't have any negative effects for me.
HTH, Jacob
Ok
thanks again,
Ian
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