Re: Etch installation problem

2007-02-26 Thread Marco De Vitis
On 24/02/2007 0:20, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:57:18PM +, Marco De Vitis wrote: I also found mention of a workaround: http://snipurl.com/1b5pm Is it safe? looks good to me. and indeed, I used that workaround today and it worked great. Thanks everyone.

Etch installation problem

2007-02-25 Thread jwhill2000
I know of two ways you can work around this - I have encountered this problem too. You can either install sarge and do a dist-upgrade or a 2-step process of installing etch. Install Sarge base system: 1) Install sarge 2) Edit /etc/apt/sources.list; change "sarge" entries to "etch" 3) apt-get

Re: Etch installation problem

2007-02-23 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:19:49 -0500 Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > > Apparently the Debian Etch RC1 NetInstall is broken[1]. It was > > reported by multiple people that their installers halted on 5%. The > > current fix is to use the daily installer build, installing

Re: Etch installation problem

2007-02-23 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Pobega wrote: > Apparently the Debian Etch RC1 NetInstall is broken[1]. It was > reported by multiple people that their installers halted on 5%. The > current fix is to use the daily installer build, installing right off > of the CD (Without using the net to download packages) You're confl

Re: Etch installation problem

2007-02-23 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:57:18PM +, Marco De Vitis wrote: > On 23/02/2007 17:50, Michael Pobega wrote: > > >Apparently the Debian Etch RC1 NetInstall is broken[1]. It was > >reported by multiple people that their installers halted on 5%. The > >current fix is to use the daily installer build

Re: Etch installation problem

2007-02-23 Thread Marco De Vitis
On 23/02/2007 17:50, Michael Pobega wrote: Apparently the Debian Etch RC1 NetInstall is broken[1]. It was reported by multiple people that their installers halted on 5%. The current fix is to use the daily installer build, installing right off of the CD (Without using the net to download package

Re: Etch installation problem

2007-02-23 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:40:57 GMT Marco De Vitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to install Etch on a new machine, using the net install CD, > but I encountered a problem. > In short, the install process halts soon after tasksel, with a progress > bar stopped at 5%. > [...] > Thanks. App

Etch installation problem

2007-02-23 Thread Marco De Vitis
Hi, I'm trying to install Etch on a new machine, using the net install CD, but I encountered a problem. In short, the install process halts soon after tasksel, with a progress bar stopped at 5%. The motherboard is a Supermicro PDSME+ with an Intel ICH7R chip and builtin SATA. I wanted to inst