Re(OT): Fresh Etch netinstall problems...

2007-10-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
> OT: > > I've never had a SMP box. Do you find for normal desktop use that top > shows the second processor actually doing anything? (I know you can't > answer this for Etch until this problem is solved, but what about > previous versions or other OSs (e.g. BSD). > > Doug. I have BSDI running

Re: Fresh Etch netinstall problems...

2007-10-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 04:44:04PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > Some progress... > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 03:55:24PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > > > > It seems that the kernel used during the initial install was stable, > > > > > > but the kernel it installed on the hard disk is not. > > >

Re: Fresh Etch netinstall problems...

2007-10-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 03:55:24PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 01:09:32AM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:40:27PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 05:30:49PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > > > I hope there are so

Re: Fresh Etch netinstall problems...

2007-10-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
Some progress... On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 03:55:24PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > > > It seems that the kernel used during the initial install was stable, > > > > > but the kernel it installed on the hard disk is not. > > > > > > > Model: Dell Precision Workstation 410 MT > > > > >

Re: Fresh Etch netinstall problems...

2007-10-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
Hi Doug, Many thanks again for your help and suggestions.. > I've moved your comments around to intersperse them for easier reading. > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 01:09:32AM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:40:27PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007

Re: Fresh Etch netinstall problems...

2007-10-27 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
Hi Digby, I've moved your comments around to intersperse them for easier reading. On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 01:09:32AM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:40:27PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 05:30:49PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > I hope there

Re: Pb with etch netinstall - laptop/pcmcia/firewire - 3Com 3574

2006-02-09 Thread cga
id a wget of the debian.org home page. Everything works as expected both with the default install and the "linux26" install. 3. went back to the etch netinstall and after some fiddling with the different options relative to the network - amounted to manually loading the 3c574 module as r

Pb with etch netinstall - laptop/pcmcia/firewire - 3Com 3574

2006-02-08 Thread cga
I tried a net install with the current etch iso image and the installer seems to have trouble recognizing my 3com PC card (LAN + 56K). It asks me whether I would like to do the install through the firewire interface, which sounds like a "last resort" attempt and is probably not relevant. The la

Re: etch netinstall

2005-09-01 Thread Franco Gorziglia
2005/9/1, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu September 1 2005 09:29 am, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just tried to install Debian etch using netinstall on my home PC. I > > always did it that way.. OK, when it did not find my network card I was > > not surprised (I made an add

Re: etch netinstall

2005-09-01 Thread Alan Ianson
On Thu September 1 2005 09:29 am, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > Hi all, > > I just tried to install Debian etch using netinstall on my home PC. I > always did it that way.. OK, when it did not find my network card I was > not surprised (I made an additional CD with kernel 2.6.13 and the LAN > divers from

Re: etch netinstall

2005-09-01 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
Ivan Glushkov wrote: Hi all, I just tried to install Debian etch using netinstall on my home PC. I always did it that way.. OK, when it did not find my network card I was not surprised (I made an additional CD with kernel 2.6.13 and the LAN divers from Marvell planning to upgrade the kernel,

etch netinstall

2005-09-01 Thread Ivan Glushkov
Hi all, I just tried to install Debian etch using netinstall on my home PC. I always did it that way.. OK, when it did not find my network card I was not surprised (I made an additional CD with kernel 2.6.13 and the LAN divers from Marvell planning to upgrade the kernel, install the network drive