Re: installation problem with initramfs-tools

2007-03-03 Thread Charles Blair
[This is a follow-up to previous post, attempting to supply more details.] I am trying to install debian on a recently purchased HP machine, with Windows XP pre-installed. An unsucessful attempt to install the "stable" distribution leads me to believe this has a SATA hard-disk. I downlo

Re: installation problem with initramfs-tools

2007-03-02 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Blair wrote: >> As for your problem, it seems rather strange, but it could be the buggy >> version that you have. You might want to get the etch daily build, >> which you can find at www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ >> >> Get one of the

Re: installation problem with initramfs-tools

2007-03-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 03:52:57PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: > > Charles Blair wrote: > >>I am trying to install the etch version of Debian on a > >> recently purchased HP Pavillion machine (it has a hard disk > >> that the sarge installer doesn't recognize). > > > >>I downl

Re: installation problem with initramfs-tools

2007-03-02 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joe Hart wrote: > Charles Blair wrote: >>I am trying to install the etch version of Debian on a >> recently purchased HP Pavillion machine (it has a hard disk >> that the sarge installer doesn't recognize). > >>I downloaded the first CD image

Re: installation problem with initramfs-tools

2007-03-02 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Blair wrote: >I am trying to install the etch version of Debian on a > recently purchased HP Pavillion machine (it has a hard disk > that the sarge installer doesn't recognize). > >I downloaded the first CD image and booted the install

installation problem with initramfs-tools

2007-03-01 Thread Charles Blair
I am trying to install the etch version of Debian on a recently purchased HP Pavillion machine (it has a hard disk that the sarge installer doesn't recognize). I downloaded the first CD image and booted the installer. The partitioning and other steps seemed to be all right. During the base