* Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-29 18:37]: > 1. The fatal error occurred at the "Configure and mount" screen. Only the > partitions on /dev/sda were displayed and offered for assignment of mount > points. I was trying to install on /dev/sdb. No further progress was > possible.
Can you try new images from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/ and see if this has been fixed (I think so). I'm off-line and cannot check the location, but new floppy images should be at http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/debian-installer > 2. There were difficulties in loading the correct kernel module for the > AHA1542 SCSI host adapter. None of the screens offering modules to be > loaded ever mentioned specific SCSI board drivers at all. (Mostly, they Can you check if the module for this card is still not being loaded? > 4. The Install HOWTO doesn't specify the exact syntax for the dd command to > write the boot, root, and driver floppies. I guessed, based on the old > install manual. I seem to have gotten away with it. But it would be better > to explain what block size and count to use, whether to use the conv=sync > parameter, and _why_. Maybe you could write something up for out installation manual? > 6. The "Configure and lay out" screen only offered to create ext2 file > systems, not ext3 or Reiser. Supposedly this was fixed, but I didn't see > that. This should definitely be there now. > 7. In my opinion, attempting to partition and lay out target drives before > establishing access to the installation media (CDs, Debian mirror, or local > hard disk, etc.) isn't the ideal sequence of steps. I realize it's late in > the project to bring this up, but I think some problems could be avoided by > re-examining the order things are done in. Hmm, I'm not sure how it works on a floppy install, but on a net install it definitely loads the modules from the net before doing the partitioning. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
