On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 12:16, Lars Unin wrote: > > There's quite a lot involved in what you did I'm not knowledgeable > > about, and you didn't mention why you attempted to do it this way, so > > perhaps I'll be speaking past you, but... > > > > You bypassed most of the install logic for Debian. If you did a similar > > thing attempting to change between other distros, you'd be bypassing the > > I use the available options, thats *NOT* breaking logic,
You wrote to me (in part): initialise HDA5 (thats my new dedicated root partition 2gig) chose Ext2 (when something works well, stick with it, I say) exit installer and reboot go into Mandrake, extract 2.4.18-bf modules into new root partition on HDA5, restart installer go to ASH insmod pegasus network download options now work IT downloads floppy images IT downloads a base system, and it doesn't let me choose; You interupted the flow built into the installer, you "extract"ed the modules into a partition manually, the installer didn't offer to let you pick your system...and you're surprised. And you're claiming you allowed the installer to follow it's built-in logic. I'm only surprised when what happens doesn't match what I think should happen. I've noticed when that occurs it means my thinking is wrong. > > Is your personal data in a separate partition, that is, is /home it's > > own partition? > > Seperate data is in the windows partition, which I can't raise the courage > to nuke yet, purely for prosperity. Sure. Same here. > I wonder, are you copying this from a FAQ? > They only have problems if you use old IDE drive BIOSES that can > only detect the first gig with INT13H I don't know what you know, so I answered broadly. You might know a lot, but you might not, and I can't tell. Easier to provide the info that might be relevant. You can easily pass over the parts you already know, but I do a disservice not providing you what you need to make choices. > > Part of the reason I ultimately chose Debian is that advice in How-tos > > and on the web didn't seem to work with other distros, because they make > > proprietary choices - files are named differently, located somewhere > > else, boot scripts are different. Debian seems the most "standard" of > > the well-supported distro projects. > > Nah the most standard is Red Hat, however it is absolute shite. Hmmm. RedHat is most standard, but it's shit. Debian is wrong too - it won't work the way you want it to. > I did I followed the instructions at > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods#s-create-floppy > for a debian hard disk netinstall (note it's section 4.4) > floppy installs are notoriously unreliable, and, well, cd/dvd technology > is older then the networking broadband technology im using. I install booting off the first CD and then installing the rest from the network over a cable modem. I know how this works. > As for doing something different, loading modules inside the installer to > "shim" temporary net access is common practice. Maybe, but you didn't make it work. Perhaps you're understanding isn't what you think it is. I know that when I follow the installer's flow as provided, it works, so I expect if you do, it will work for you, too. At least that would give you a known starting point to work from, and that's why I recommended it. If you prefer another approach, have at it. > Im not pissed at you for saying it though ;-) > nobodys perfect. I never thought this. Cheers, Bret -- bwaldow at alum.mit.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
