Package: debian-installer Severity: important
I have tested the most recent installation candidate CDs on a Dell Latitude C640 laptop with only a CD/DVD drive. Just before entering the partition manager, the installer apparently freezes up twice (first with a blank screen and next with a screen telling the user that the partitioner is starting up) for about 5 minutes total before eventually proceeding. I have looked at the log screen and noticed that the installer is looking for /dev/fd0 (which is not installed) and prints two error messages before passing from the blank screen to the one starting up the partitioner and another two error messages before continuing the installation. The time delay is sufficient for the user to believe that the system has frozen and therefore is an important bug, in my opinion. I have looked in the manual and the boot screen help pages and there is no obvious parameter to pass to the system to eliminate this problem. Thanks, Carlo -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
