I'm happy to report that with the netinst image from Oct. 13,
PCMCIA initializes, and the installer finds the CDROM and
successfully reads packages from it. I didn't proceed further
to complete the install, but it looks like the PCMCIA CDROM
problem has been solved.
Thanks!
...Akkana
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Thanks for adding the workarounds to the documentation; that should
help. And thanks for all the help in finding the workarounds.
I'm not entirely clear: I hope this bug now covers both issues,
#1 (not allowing network setup unless a network card is present
early in the install) and #2 (ifup not
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: beta3 netinst, with special pcmcia boot disc from joeyh
uname -a: Linux blackbird 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Tue Mar 30 21:46:18 PST 2004
Method: boot from netinst CD
Machine: Sony Vaio SR-17
Processor:
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: beta 3 100Mb iso, from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 unknown
Date: Fri Mar 26 22:25:10 PST 2004
Method: Boot from
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