-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Charles Blair wrote: > I am trying to install the etch version of Debian on a > recently purchased HP Pavillion machine (it has a hard disk > that the sarge installer doesn't recognize). > > I downloaded the first CD image and booted the installer. > The partitioning and other steps seemed to be all right. During > the base install: > > (1) I was asked to pick a kernel, and chose the default > linux-image-2.6-486 > > (2) Various successful install messages were displayed > until it said there was a problem with initramfs-tools. > I was referred to console #4, which displayed in part: > >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> console-tools >> console-common >> >> subprocess /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code () > > I hope there's a quick fix. I could not get the installer to > continue past this error message. > > Why don't you try etch instead? It has better hardware recognition and works much better than sarge on newer computers. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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