On (01/12/04 12:49), Katrien de Vos wrote: > Yesterday I received 4 CD's of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 "Woody" for i386. > Enthousiatically I started to install. > I am an experienced Windows XP user and (at home) I have a notebook PC > (Celeron II, 667 MHz). > Partitioning was no problem. I even used a second terminal (Ctrl + Alt > + F2) to initialize an ext3-filesystem. I made a boot floppy and > rebooted the system. Before I told the system to boot from harddisk > using the SHIFT-key. This didn't wordk. The system started windows and > got trouble (endless restarts). I fixed the windows-system by using F8 > and went into the safe mode. This solved (luckily) my windows-problem. > In stead of the SHIFT-key I had to use F8 . Now I could boot the > debian-system. But problems just started (and I have reinstalled many > times and tried different approaches)! > 1. Configuring PCMIA: I entered this list, marked the entry, but the > system didn't react on pressing any key (in windows one would say it > hanged. I found de Ctrl Alt Delete the only way out. So I skipped this > part in the next installation.. > 2. My network-interface card was not recognized. Trying to choose the > Realtek RTL8139 from a list didn't help. I was asked for options, but I > don't know what is needed. (I have a Sweex 32 bit; compatible to Realtek > RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC. > 3. I skipped this. So I could not install my adsl-modem (perhaps I get > problems at that stage too). I had to give a hostname. > 4. Now the system collects a installation list from the 3 CD's. and for > simplicity, I ordered to install X-windows and the other standard items. > 5. During installing the system tell me it has a problem which is due > to kernel . I have to remove the line '*(.text.exit)' in 'DISCARD' from > arch/i386/vmlinux.lds. How I do this is a riddle and at this stage > impossible. > 6. Than I have to configure the locales and make a choice. But this list > hangs the system too (no reaction on any key) .. Ctrl Alt Delete was the > only way out.. > 7. So I am in endless loop and can not get to the next problem (of > course I don't really hope this will be the case). > 8 I tried the standard flavor and vanilla. It did not help. You would probably have more success with the new sarge installer http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
Sarge is the next stable release and the installer is a significant improvement over woody's. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
