On Vi, 16 mar 12, 11:26:53, Bret Busby wrote:
I burnt it to disk, using the drag and drop thing within File
Manager on an existing installation of Debian 6, on a 64 bit machine
(installed from the Debian 6.03 AMD64 CD1 ISO CD), and tried to
install from that.
In booting the laptop with
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:22:35 +, Brian wrote in message
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On Tue 20 Mar 2012 at 11:14:28 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
I answered NO to the firmware question for the wireless NIC driver
(it is unfortunate that the question does not indicate that it is
for a
On 20/03/12 14:14, Bret Busby wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 19/03/12 16:11, Bret Busby wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote:
On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby
On Tue 20 Mar 2012 at 11:14:28 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
I answered NO to the firmware question for the wireless NIC driver (it
is unfortunate that the question does not indicate that it is for a
wireless device, otherwise I would have answered No from the start, and
The dialogue names
Bret Busby wrote:
I gave it another try last night, using the Debian 6.03 CD 1 that I
had created using Ubuntu 10.04 (I had installed Debian 6 on this
computer, using a disc similarly dreated using Ubuntu 10.04) a while
ago.
I am glad to hear that you didn't give up.
I answered NO to the
On 19/03/12 16:11, Bret Busby wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote:
On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware)
or the mirror settings within the downloaded netinst
On Mon 19 Mar 2012 at 13:11:38 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
I do not know whether the wireless stuff is the cause of the problem(s)
with the installation process (apart from the Debian 6 CD/DVD Creator
not creating a bootable DVD from the ISO image), but, as the
installation process appears
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote:
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:30:17
From: Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian
Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:31:01 + (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-user
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 19/03/12 16:11, Bret Busby wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote:
On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
I do not know whether the firmware
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 03:13:39AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
The IPW thing is the firmware required for the network adaptor. I
think it is IPW200 or something similar.
That is why I had to use the firmware instal, and the only way
availabl;e, is using the netinst ISO.
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote:
On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware) or the
mirror settings within the downloaded netinst ISO, are bad.
But, it does not work.
If
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012, Greg Madden wrote:
On Thursday 15 March 2012 7:26:53 pm Bret Busby wrote:
Hello.
I have had to replace the hard drive in my laptop computer, which is an
HP/Compaq NX5000, as the previous hard drive appeared to have failed.
snip
With this policy change by the Debian
On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware) or the
mirror settings within the downloaded netinst ISO, are bad.
But, it does not work.
If not a single mirror works for you it looks like a network problem.
Could you
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote:
On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware) or the
mirror settings within the downloaded netinst ISO, are bad.
But, it does not work.
If not a single mirror works for you it looks
On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 03:13:39 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
The IPW thing is the firmware required for the network adaptor. I think
it is IPW200 or something similar.
You should know, but I'll not press it.
That is why I had to use the firmware instal, and the only way
availabl;e, is using
On Saturday 17 March 2012 19:56:03 Brian wrote:
So you fill in all the fields pertaining to setting up a static address
and certify it is correct when asked.
I almost always set up a static IP. It is very simple. When the installer
asks you, reject the DHCP offer.
Lisi
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE,
On Sat 17 Mar 2012 at 20:21:13 +, Lisi wrote:
On Saturday 17 March 2012 19:56:03 Brian wrote:
So you fill in all the fields pertaining to setting up a static address
and certify it is correct when asked.
I almost always set up a static IP. It is very simple. When the installer
On Saturday 17 March 2012 20:58:44 Brian wrote:
On Sat 17 Mar 2012 at 20:21:13 +, Lisi wrote:
On Saturday 17 March 2012 19:56:03 Brian wrote:
So you fill in all the fields pertaining to setting up a static address
and certify it is correct when asked.
I almost always set up a
On Sat 17 Mar 2012 at 22:01:00 +, Lisi wrote:
On Saturday 17 March 2012 20:58:44 Brian wrote:
I do too. But Brett needs to find out whether it works for him.
Of course. But I thought that he may not know to reject the DHCP offer. It
isn't immediately obvious that doing so will
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Lisi wrote:
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:21:13
From: Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian
Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:21:33 + (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Saturday 17 March
Hello.
I have had to replace the hard drive in my laptop computer, which is an
HP/Compaq NX5000, as the previous hard drive appeared to have failed.
The computer had Windows XP, Ubuntu 8.04, and Debian 4 or 5 (I think it
may have been 5, but am not sure) installed on it.
So I thought that
On Thursday 15 March 2012 7:26:53 pm Bret Busby wrote:
Hello.
I have had to replace the hard drive in my laptop computer, which is an
HP/Compaq NX5000, as the previous hard drive appeared to have failed.
snip
With this policy change by the Debian people, to exclude firmware, so
as to make
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