On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 12:49:52PM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 10:21:17AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > > I'm somewhat CD-writing-impaired, and have always installed debian systems > > using outdated installers. For a long time I used a woody net install cd, > > but since mid-2005 I've been using a sarge net install cd, as recently > > as a month ago, without problems. Now I'm seeing the install fail. > > Unfortunately, the first error screen indicating a problem is quickly > > (~ 1 second maybe) replaced with an information-free curses page saying > > that there were errors... > > > > ... > > On thing I haven't tried is to do the install completely off the CD, > > and do the net upgrades later. > > ... which of course didn't work from the *net install* cd. I was able > to proceed after upgrading aptitude (and related libraries) from another > console. > > > Should I not be using my trusty old installer? >
You can do a basic install with the netinst.iso without a network. I do it all the time. You get a base install. Its only the business card iso that doesn't include basedebs. For my installs, I don't choose _any_ tasks to install. Note, however, that Woody was 3.0 and Sarge was 3.1. Sure there was some difference, but the upgrade was handled well by aptitude. I never owned a Sarge CD. The upgrade from Sarge to Etch (4.0) is not smoothe. Do yourself a favor and get Etch's netinst.iso for your arch (i386, amd64, S390??). Assuming that you have access to a debian box with a burner, any problems you have can be solved here. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
