on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:45:25PM +0100, Mariano Kamp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Friday 05 December 2003 23:22, Paul E Condon wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:07:24PM +0100, Mariano Kamp wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I bought one of the "cheap" PCs from a german discounter. I am > > > wondering if anybody has been able to install Debian on it? Any pointers > > > would be nice. > > > > > > www.linux-hardware.de wasn't helpful. > > > > > > Allmost all the components are unknown when looking at the /proc/pci > > > output. This is interesting, because I believe they used "brand" > > > components. My guess is that they are a little bit modified to make sure > > > that prices are not easily comparable. Is this likely to be true? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Mariano > > > > If this is the PC for which you say in, an earlier email, that you > > can install Knoppix on it, then you can also install Debian, but not > > as easily. Knoppix is based on Debian. One way to get Debian is to > > install Knoppix and then convert it to Debian by downloading > > packages over the internet. > > Paul, > > thanks for taking the time. > > Yet, it is the same pc. What I don't want is a Knoppix System.
First: Knoppix is (largely) the same as Debian. The packaging system
is identical, the default packages differ somewhat.
More significantly: get a Knoppix disk. Use it to identify the HW on
the system. The 'lshw' command is useful, as is my own system-info
script:
http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript
> Yes, in theory it should work on Debian when it works on Knoppix, but
> when having to use the old installer then the modules are very much
> out of date.
Then use debootstrap to perform a chroot install under Knoppix as
described in the Debian Installation Manual. Or use another installer:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/installers.html
> In this particular example, I don't get the network up, so it is
> pretty much pointless to use the old installer. Btw. The old installer
> was not even able to cope with a 160GB hd.
Google "large disk HOWTO". bf2.4 install option may help you. Or a
chroot (my own preference), as mentioned above.
Peace.
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