On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 11:08:10PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
>
> So more attention will need to be paid to getting all the possibly needed
> net driver modules into the installer (for example, last time I checked,
> rtl8139 or 8139too wasn't available for powerpc; that's what I need for my
al
> the base tarball is obsolete, install the base system now uses
> debootstrap to install read debs. an unfortunate side affect of this
> is that you MUST install the base either via the network, from a
> CDROM, or a ext2 partition with a full debian mirror. crippled
> filesystems need not apply
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 06:43:37PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
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> Well one of the options is 'already mounted partition' so I thought that
> should be tested. You're right, it's probably not a common choice. That's
> interesting about the fstab; so if I manually mount an HFS disk during
> instal
>> /target/ for hard disks. Since stuff gets mounted under /target by the
>> installer, and it doesn't tell the user that, it's not immediately obvious
>> that the /target prefix is needed for paths.
>
> your supposed to let the installer mount the hard disk partition when
> you select `install fr
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 03:30:04PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> Here are some opportunities:
>
> During Install Operating System and Modules, I chose to install from an
> already-mounted (HFS) hard disk filesystem. I mounted it thru the installer,
> so it would know about it; but I got an immedi
> option, when it would have ordinarily displayed my choices: Directory error;
> the supplied directory does not exist, please enter a new one.
The above should be fixed in cvs.
-David
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I completed an install on my newworld, up to installation of base, with no
show stoppers. The dhcp worked great, I verified I could ping on the net.
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