> >Hi, > > > >Installing for the first time. I have Sarge on DVD, but my machine > >won't boot from them so > >using floppys. Using the boot.img, root.img and cd-drivers.img from the 1st > >DVD.
Solution - The BIOS only looked at the first IDE device for boot - disabled the CD and worked a lot better. > > > >Problem 1 - Does not detect my Belkin 802.11g PCI card (F5D7000). > >I will leave this until after install to fix, but it means I have no network Still working on this one! > >Problem 2 - In hardware detect it says it is missing a load of files: > >ata_piix > >ide-scsi > >ide-mod > >ide-probe-mod > >ide-generic > >ide-floppy Solution - The default kernel is 2.4 for the installer. Booted with 2.6 (linux26) which then had the SATA modules installed and smooth from there. Thanks for the help, David Hart
