Hank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > I was trying out the Sarge-i386-businesscard.iso (40MB iso image). > > http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso > > What's the gluck stand for? Good Luck? > > I burned the iso image and booted into the install process with this > CD, but did > not succeed installing anything. > > A text console showed up with with about 5 steps for which I chose the > defaults. > I only got so far as installing modules from the CD. About 35 modules > showed up. > After a prompt I entered the module number and it showed > up as being selected in the list. > > But then I was baffled about what to do next. The last option offered > (#5) to go to a shell > which I took and was told that I could use the nano editor and a few > shell commands. > I think the editor will probably be nano-tiny.
> However, once in the shell I noticed nano didn't work. It was not in > any of the paths. > > I am guessing the installation left out the step of setting up > partitions on the hard drve. > And what's this about udeb? Some new package utility? > > I read through the install documents and found nothing anywhere near > describing how to use this CD. > You obviously have grabbed a CD with the new installer (debian-install, d-i for short). It's not yet in a state for general consumption. If you want to install sarge, it'd be best to grab a woody (netinst) CD and dist-upgrade to sarge (or unstable). Regards, Andy -- Andreas Rottmann | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.8ung.at/rotty | GnuPG Key: http://www.8ung.at/rotty/gpg.asc Fingerprint | DFB4 4EB4 78A4 5EEE 6219 F228 F92F CFC5 01FD 5B62 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

