On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 10:16:35PM -0400, Phill Atwood wrote: > First of all the install is much improved since the Woody install. > > Here's some random comments: > > In the prompt for network configuration method one of the options was a > blank line, yet it seemed to be selectable. > > When I was using the partitioner during the install and had just created > a new partition it came out as "ext3 journalling" type. I changed this > to ext2 because this is what I'm used to, though I don't pretend to know > a lot about these fs types. Are you sure it should default to ext3 > journalling? > > When reading the Installation Manual online it said I should find some > documentation in /usr/share/doc/debian-guide but there was none. It > would be nice to have the Installation Manual and other mature debian > doc in HTML format to help one "get started" after an install. > > After my previous Woody install, it took me a long time before I got > the internet going. So, again it would be nice to have some doc > loaded onto the system, especially doc on how to get connected to the > internet. > > Again this time, I did not connect to the internet during the install. > I'm using PPPOE highspeed. Something about the install makes me think > connecting should be done afterwards. Which is what I did and it worked > very easily with pppoeconf.
There is a pppoe module for the installer, but you probably have to run expert mode to be able to select it and load it. I also didn't see a network card in your pci list above, but maybe I am blind today. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]