press ALT + F2 at any moment during the install and you'll get the console. Press ENTER to activate it, then type commands.
Regards, Roman On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 13:01:06 +0100 "Jim Blake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you wrote > "Boot the 2.6 kernel in installation, after hardware detection go onto > the console and post the output for `lspci -v` and `lsmod`." > > Sorry Adam, you've got a newby to install problems here... bear with > me! Question: how do I go into console during an install? The system > doesn't install, as there are no disks discovered, so I assume you > mean some form of install console? I'm *well* out of my area of > competence here, so can you give a few more details, pls. > > I was fumbling around on this last night, googling and anything else > that might help, and tried "expert26" install off "etch", and got to a > point where I could select drivers for my disks. I saw no drivers in > the list that matched, but there was a selection to allow loading off > a floppy. Meanwhile, I had emailed ULi, who emailed some drivers back > (complements to ULi, I didn't expect a reply either quickly or at all, > after all, if they replied to every Joe Soap, they'ed get no work > done). > > Problem is, I don't know how to use them. ftp'ed (binary mode) them > off the windows machine they arrived on, onto another Debian box, > linux formated a floppy and copied them onto that, but the install > program said it wasn't a driver disk, so no joy there... > > Thanks for your help so far! > > Thnaks > Jim > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
