On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 01:55:47PM -0200, Rodrigo Alexandre wrote: > hi all again. i'm just posting here to keep you informed what's been > since the last messages. the saga is still in its very begin, but > seems to succed in a short future. > > so, got a couple of majour problems trying the RC1 (nov 2006) build, > esp no SATA disk recognition and no pppoe connection, thus impossible > to carry on the netinst.
Which SATA chipset? I think pppoe is actually available in expert mode, but I might remember wrong. I have never used it for an install. I have always had another device handle pppoe during installs. > i've found a non official weekly build, can't remember the url now, > but it was something dot jp, that could finally recognize my hard > drive and proceeded much better with the network conf, but still could > not connect. Probably a newer kernel with newer drivers. > then i decided that i should go for the full cd image, because > apparently pppoe isnt the smoothest way to go etch. thats exactly > where this saga is now, downloading the first cd image from the weekly > build (from debian.org). After the download i should be able to > install the base system with only the first cd, right?, and download > other stuff later on, with the machine up and running... at least > that's what i hope! > > thank you all, i'll feedback you guys as soon as there's something new to > tell. Try expert mode and see if you can load an optional pppoe installer module. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
