Xinbing Liu wrote: > > Well, I sort of stumbled through the two problems I reported earlier (see > the included message below). To solve the "unable to open initial > console" problem with the created boot floppy, I found out that I had to > press ENTER twice at the "boot:" prompt. (If I don't it will hang, very, > very strange. BTW, I was using the rescue disk created on Dec. 8. > > Now the new problem: Debian 1.2 boots up, asks for root password and a > user name, etc. All goes okay until it drops me into 'dselect'. I > select ftp as the installation method. Then following the prompt on > screen, I choose 'ftp.debian.org' as the ftp site, etc. But it hangs at > 'connecting to ftp.debian.org', nothing happens. I had to "control-C" to > get out. I checked my ethernet connection with 'ifconfig' command, it seems > to be working okay--it receives and transmits packets. > > I checked 'ftp.debian.org' with another computer, it connects to > santanni.cc.gatech.edu. I tried this name too, same thing. It seems ftp > in the dselect software is not working correctly, any ideas? > > Xinbing > > ----------------------- > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:26:28 -0500 (EST) > From: Xinbing Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Help with installing Debian 1.2 > > Hi, I'm trying to install Debian 1.2 stable version for the fiest > time. I downlowaded the six floppies from www.debian.org. > My computer's configuration: P 90 MHz, 32 MB, PCI bus, two SCSI disks, > scsi controller is NCR53c810 (so the computer reports), > first disk 1 GB with MS DOS installed, second disk 2.5 GB where I > want to install Debian, one 1.44 MB floppy, no CD-ROM. I have been > running Slackware linux for 2 years. > > Here are the problems: > > ---When booting from the Rescue disk, if I just hit return at the > boot: prompt, it hangs at the > $ld cm206.c v.99. ... Exp$ > line. After some fiddling, I found that if I say "linux cm206=0" at the > boot: prompt, it reports "unable to find the device" (something to that > effect) at the "$ld cm206...." line, and goes on. After that I was able to > install the base system and the device drivers. > > ---At the end of install, I was asked to make a boot floppy, so > I put in a new disk and made one. After that I was asked to reboot > the computer with the boot floppy, so I did. With this boot > floppy, I still had to enter "linux cm206=0" at the boot: prompt, > otherwise it would hang. But after that and some messages later, > the computer reports "unable to initialize console" or something > like that and hangs. And I don't know what to do! > > Please help. Many thanks. > > PS. I've seen two other people on this list with similar problems. If > these two people got private answers, please forward them to me. Thanks. > > Xinbing >
Ok, so the interface is up. Do you also have the correct IP set? Do you have the correct routes set? Do you have /etc/resolv.conf set as well? (You can test these all at once by trying to ping ftp.debian.org). -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
