Integrity checks failing

2004-01-01 Thread James J. Ramsey
When I attempted to install with the 2003-12-31 netinst CD, not long after I did the language selection, I got an error message like this: "The integrity check for failed. It is most likely corrupt. Aborting." After that, I was able to reboot and get back to my old system. varies a bit. On one

Re: Integrity checks failing

2004-01-01 Thread James J. Ramsey
--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James J. Ramsey wrote: > > When I attempted to install with the 2003-12-31 > > netinst CD, not long after I did the language > > selection, I got an error message like this: > > > > "The integrity chec

Re: Integrity checks failing

2004-01-02 Thread James J. Ramsey
--- "James J. Ramsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James J. Ramsey wrote: > > > When I attempted to install with the 2003-12-31 > > > netinst CD, not long after I did the language > > > s

Re: Integrity checks failing

2004-01-02 Thread James J. Ramsey
--- "James J. Ramsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Have you tried writing a new CD using a different > CD > > burner? > > Nope. I only have access to one CD burner (which has > so far n

Bug#225930: Integrity checks failing

2004-01-02 Thread James J. Ramsey
Package: installation-reports Version: 20031231 Okay, *now* I'm doing the proper installation report that I should have done before. Debian-installer-version: From http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/daily/, dated 2003-12-31, used sarge-i386-netinst.iso Date: Morning of Jan. 1

Bug#225934: Integrity checks fail again

2004-01-02 Thread James J. Ramsey
Package: installation-reports Version: 20040101 (Another proper installation report that I should have done before.) Debian-installer-version: From http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/daily/, dated 2004-01-01, used sarge-i386-netinst.iso Date: Morning of Jan. 2 Method: Booted

Bug#226057: Installer doesn't handle the DMA-disabling boot options

2004-01-03 Thread James J. Ramsey
Package: installation-reports Version: 20040103 Debian-installer-version: sarge-i386-netinst.iso from http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/20040103/ Also applies to the copies of sarge-i386-netinst.iso from http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/daily/ dated 2004-01-

Re: deb install report

2004-01-04 Thread James J. Ramsey
--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sándor Bárány wrote: > "After the hardware detection, the install loads the > frame buffer module (even there was a vga=normal > parameter specified on the kernel line), which fails > (the hardware is so old, there is no frame buffer > support). This

Re: beta 2 update

2004-01-04 Thread James J. Ramsey
--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unless we find something badly wrong with them, the > installation images > currently in testing for i386, and the Jan 3rd i386 > isos will be the > final images used for beta 2 for i386. I tested the Jan 3rd i386 netinst iso. It still doesn't work w

Re: deb install report

2004-01-04 Thread James J. Ramsey
--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James J. Ramsey wrote: > The > installer > > seems to filter out some of the parameters that > are > > passed at the boot prompt, even though they are > > standard-issue, documented kernel parameters. In > > B?r?

Re: beta 2 update

2004-01-05 Thread James J. Ramsey
--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James J. Ramsey wrote: > > I tested the Jan 3rd i386 netinst iso. It still > > doesn't work with older ATAPI CD-ROMs that can't > > handle DMA, since 1) the standard kernel parameter > > ide=nodma gets mysterio

Re: beta 2 update

2004-01-05 Thread James J. Ramsey
--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James J. Ramsey wrote: > > The documentation on expert mode in the > > INSTALLATION-HOWTO is a little thin, but you > *seem* to > > be saying that just to turn off DMA for the > CD-ROM, I > > have resort to av

How much autodetection does the expert install do? (was Re: beta 2 update)

2004-01-05 Thread James J. Ramsey
I was advised that to workaround my pet problem of my CD-ROM's broken support for DMA that I was to use the expert install. I was told that since the installer in expert mode prompts me to pass parameters to a module it is about to load, I can pass the appropriate parameters to the module that hand