> > > > To see if the machine is cd-bootable, goto www.kubuntu.org and > > > > download a amd64 cd. If that boots, then we know it's a problem > > > > specific to your Debian CD. If it doesn't, then we can begin to > > > > conclude that your machine isn't bootable for some reason. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was able to install Ubuntu and the newly burnt Debian CD started the > > > installer, but when the language selection screen came up I lost my > > > keyboard and mouse (Logitech wireless desktop). When I used the wired > > > mouse and keyboard I was able to select the language and go forward > > > with a couple more screens before is froze again. I had to unplug the > > > wireless desktop (USB) before I was able to proceed.... > > > > > > > My saga isn't finished. The installer fails to configure the network. > > On the plus side, after the reboot my USB edsktop is recognised. The > > problem is I can't finish configuration since apt can't talk to > > repositories. I could burn a bunch of CDs but it takes time to > > download the images. Incidentally, i can't get bittorrent images at > > all. last week i successfully got first image but since then nothing. > > > > Back to my lack of networking. The box has A8N-SLI nvidia nForce PCI > > Express motherboard with "nForce4 built-in Gbit MAC with external > > Marvell PHY - NV ActiveArmor, NV Firewall, AI NET2" which Ubuntu > > recognised w/o problems. Is there some parameter I can give to the > > insteller to help configuring the network? TIA, > > What did you configure apt-get to look for? There's a section where > you choose between options like CD, internet, and a few others I can't > remember. You could have perfectly fine networking, but then you can > accidentally have it look to CD-ROM... strange, I know, but that's > the way it's bent of working.
no, i knew i had a problem earlier when it failed dhcp autoconfiguration because my router is dhcp server. i would've changed it to static IP later. at any rate, static IP didn't work either. it looks i'm stuck completing loading from CD(s) and trying to figure it out afterwards.
