I can't explain what is going on, but perhaps I can offer an alternative. I have done about 4-5 installs of Debian "potato" for the Alpha using ftp. I have a quite nice Cable Modem connection, and everything goes quite smoothly. If I recall correctly, just before you get to this point you have a question about how you want to install the "base system", which includes the drivers. One of the options is to install this via ftp, and that is what I used. If you choose this option, then it will immediately jump to configuring your network and selects the closest mirror then starts the d/l. This only works, I assume, if your ethernet card is already detected as mine was. Using this method, I did NOT have to d/l and use the "driver" disks and the appropriate file(s) was selected for me. It looks like this would be a viable alternative, even over a slow link for installing the "base" system plus driver modules. After this is done, you will re-boot and continue the installation and you again have a selection point on the method to install the rest of the packages. Just a thought....the ftp method is really nice if you have a good link. Much faster than d/l and burning an iso file on a CDROM!
Cheers & Good Luck! -Don Spoon- > -----Original Message----- > From: Idar Tollefsen > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 2:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Driver disk series > > > Hello, > > I started a reinstall of Debian, using the floppy method, > and in the process I wanted to move from Potato to Woody. > I downloaded the disk images from the Potato tree since > I couldn't find any "disks-alpha" directory under Woody. > > The installation goes nicely up to the point > where it asks for > the first drivers disk. When I insert the disk > with the image of > driver-1.bin written to it, it says it's the > wrong disk. I have tried > to download and write the file to the disk > several times to > make sure it wasn't corrupted. > > The error message goes something like this: > > "Looking for driver series alpha64_generic. > This is driver series alpha64_generic. > Please insert series driver." > > which doesn't make much sence to me at all. > > Any hints as to what might be the problem here would be > greatly appreciated. > > > > - IT > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
