>> I've another box on which I wish to install Debian (again 2.6). I tried >> to use a netinst CD on this box but it hangs (with no indication of what >> is happening) after probing hardware. I guess this is when it's trying >> to detect a network (but why doesn't it fail then offer me to skip this >> step?); this happens with both linux26 and expert26 boot options. > > Try passing the option "acpi=off noapic" to the > kernel 2.6. You can also try booting with Linux 2.4. >
couldn't get the 2.6 option to work (?!) so now trying with 2.4... surely the 2.6 should work - Googling about seems to imply this issue is given Debian not so hot a name :( Thoughts on how to connect machine2 (netinst) to machine1 (full install) in order to get machine2 fully config-ed most welcome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
