On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 05:53:16PM +0100, michael wrote: > On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 09:18 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 09:27:33AM +0100, michael wrote: > > > > > > I've just tried the 'debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso' (build 30 July > > > 2007) but it also fails on recognising the CD and network... > > > > I've seen this before on this list. There are some motherboards now > > that have changed the way CD's work.
[ a bunch of potential solutions...] > The machine came with fedora on (which can read (and write) to the > CD/DVD drive). If I burn a ubuntu installer CD that can use the CD okay > too (I've not fully installed ubuntu at this moment). I'll check what > debootstrap does. well the fedora was probably imaged and not installed. Any debian based live-cd will likely come with debootstrap. I know knoppix has it and I'm sure ubuntu's live-cd does as well. So debootstrap sets up a minimal installation in a chroot that you designate. The installer manual has details. I have used it several times with good results. A
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