Re: SATA modules missing in debian installer on alpha

2006-10-20 Thread dtutty
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 09:38:46AM +0200, Uwe Schindler wrote: > Yesterday I crashed my initrd which forced me to boot from the latest debian > business-card/netinst cd image. Unfortunately on this disks are no SATA > kernel modules. I386 and most other contains an "sata-modules-*-di.udeb", > but

Bug#394145: install base system doesn't time out when link dies

2006-10-20 Thread dtutty
Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB memory stick Image version: amd64 Etch beta 3, root.img.gz; business-card iso build-date 2006-08-06 Date: Overnight Wed/Thurs Oct 18/19 2006 Machine: Home Built: Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (Socket AM2) Processor: AMD64 Athl

Re: tarball of html version of install manual?

2006-10-06 Thread dtutty
On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 02:15:10AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 07 October 2006 02:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I would like to download the entire html to read offline. > > You can install the debian package that contains the installation guide. > This contains all three formats and

tarball of html version of install manual?

2006-10-06 Thread dtutty
Hello, I'm on a slow (though flat-rate) dial-up link. >From what I can find, to read the installer manual, I can either download the pdf or txt format or view the html on line. I would like to download the entire html to read offline. Is this possible? Thanks, Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: install on new computer; no cd available

2006-10-04 Thread dtutty
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:28:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 1. Download and make floppies. Is there any forcast when Etch > > will have floppy-install working? With woody, I tested that > > I could boot from floppy then install base off the zip. > > I don't

Re: install on new computer; no cd available

2006-10-04 Thread dtutty
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 11:43:18PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > >Any other ideas? I would really like floppy booting to work since I can > >make those on my 486. > > Floppy booting is suffering from the size of recent Linux kernels. I believe > that it works for Debian 3.1, but don't quote m

install on new computer; no cd available

2006-10-02 Thread dtutty
Hello, I've tried searching the archives for this but am still unclear. My main computer (P-II) died suddenly. I have backups so that's ok. I got my old computer (486) running (so I can send this email and carry on with life) but it cant' run my CD burner and with an ISA bus, it can't do USB.

Bug#382787: failed boot on RS/6000 H50

2006-08-13 Thread dtutty
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: as supplied on Debian 3.1r2 net-install CD uname -a: didn't get that far Date: 2005-08-10 Method: CD-rom from Debian 3.1r2 as-is and altered per instructions on debian-ppc mailing list Machine: IBM RS/6000 H50 Processor:dual PowerPC