On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 19:01 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 06:51:57PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > snip... > > > > > This doesn't really answer my question; maybe you misunderstood (didn't > > understand my babbling). I just want to know how long it will be > > (date/release/revision) until Debian stable will work with the SATA in > > my system. As you can see above, the testing-amd64-netinst image worked > > for me. I am guessing that, since this image is "Etch", that it will be > > after Etch is released that "Debian stable" will work for me (because it > > will be Etch, then). If that is true, is there any answer to when Etch > > will be released? Is it "any time now", as I have seen mentioned here > > or, like I said before, 2-3 years after the previous release (after June > > 2007)? > > > > A second answer. If testing-amd64-netinst gets you started, try reinstall > but in expert mode and edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file to point to a > Sarge repository. It will load Sarge packages and you might have your > Stable system, before the end of the month.
Are you saying to edit the sources.list file during or before installation? But then I would end up with a Sarge kernel installed that doesn't detect the drives, wouldn't I? I have tried installing testing and then using stable in the sources.list file, but it doesn't seem to work well enough (aptitude has troubles making things work). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
