Re: installing debian on home network

2005-09-24 Thread Thomas Jollans
michael wrote: I'm sure this has been covered before but I can't find it in the archives so all pointers welcomed! I've a Debian box (2.6, unstable) connected to the Internet via USB Broadband modem (I'm in the UK). ie it's nto a router/modem but the mobo does have a network port. I've another

Re: installing debian on home network

2005-09-24 Thread michael
>> I've another box on which I wish to install Debian (again 2.6). I tried >> to use a netinst CD on this box but it hangs (with no indication of what >> is happening) after probing hardware. I guess this is when it's trying >> to detect a network (but why doesn't it fail then offer me to skip this

Re: installing debian on home network

2005-09-24 Thread Nelson Castillo
> I've another box on which I wish to install Debian (again 2.6). I tried > to use a netinst CD on this box but it hangs (with no indication of what > is happening) after probing hardware. I guess this is when it's trying > to detect a network (but why doesn't it fail then offer me to skip this > s

installing debian on home network

2005-09-24 Thread michael
I'm sure this has been covered before but I can't find it in the archives so all pointers welcomed! I've a Debian box (2.6, unstable) connected to the Internet via USB Broadband modem (I'm in the UK). ie it's nto a router/modem but the mobo does have a network port. I've another box on which I wi