Allen, Having just installed sarge on my laptop I think I may be able to help. I initially attempted to install sarge from a cd I burned using jigdo. This failed repeatedly...I kept getting corrupted media messages part way through the installation, though it would boot nicely. So, I went to a net-install version of sarge (http://www.nl.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/) and downloaded the files using jigdo on WindowsXP box, burned it as a CD (.iso) image, and booted fron it just fine. On my laptop i typed at the boot prompt expert vga=771 and everything installed fine. I chose unstable and things still worked fine. I would suggest having important peripherals like wireless cards attached as the installer will detect them, making less work in the future. The installer also detected my built-in ethernet cards which work fine as well. I am a relatively newcomer with Linux, and I couldn't begin to unravel the mysteries of why net-install worked and why the usual CD installation failed.
Greg On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 16:37, Allen Williams wrote: > OK, fixed that problem, but, with "sarge", I still get the following errors > (same as original problem): > > modprobe: failed to load module floppy > eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expected ")") > > With "woody", it can't find my network hardware (Intel 82547EI Gigabit LAN > controller). > > Any help with either of these would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > Allen > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 3:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk > > errors (?) > > > > > > Allen Williams wrote: > > > > >This is a brand new system- no data to worry about, but would like to get > > >the system installed. Given a brand new system, don't think my > > hardware is > > >dying, but, of course, anything is possible. > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:04 PM > > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Subject: Re: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk > > >>errors (?) > > >> > > >> > > >>On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 11:08:59 -0400, Allen Williams wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>>and, on console alt-F4, I am getting these error messages: > > >>> > > >>>June 20 00:58:56 (none) syslog.warn klogd: hdc: media error > > >>> > > >>> > > >>(bad sector): > > >> > > >> > > >>>status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Is there anyplace that tells me how to decode these error messages? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>The usual decoding is "your disk is dying, hope you have a good > > backup. If > > >>not, try to backup any data you want to keep NOW." > > >> > > >> > > /dev/hdc is usually (but not always) the CD-ROM drive. This is > > indicative of a bad/scratched/dirty CD, or a faulty CD-ROM drive, or a > > bad CD-ROM cable/controller. I'd start by trying a different install CD > > (or a different CD-ROM drive if you have one available). > > > > -- > > Kent > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
