> > > If you have a system mostly working except for the network interface, it > > might > > be as simple as installing a new kernel image to resolve your problem. If > > you're still stuck trying to install, let me know and I'll try to get you a > > fresher iso to work with. > > > > Well, not that easy without net. I thought it could work to place an > appropriate vmlinuz into EFI/debian on the fat partition the system is > booting from? I could use win to do the job, but I had to get a vmlinuz. > I tried to download the > > kernel-image-2.4.19-itanium.deb > > placed it on a FAT partition and tried to install it onto the base debian > which is already running. But this depends on initrd-tools_0.1.36_all.deb > which depends on .... So this procedure is perhaps not the right way to > continue. Any ideas? BTW, I'm not very common with debian. Watched other > people installing it one or two times and now at least that there is dpkg and > apt-get and things like that, but not much more. >
Ok, I found out to extract a file with dpkg --fsys-tarfile ... | tar -xf - and
extracted a vmlinuz which I booted by elilo. It's not working...
So I waited for the Redhat AW2.1 CDs to arrive and installed Redhat without
problems. There's space left on the disk and I'll give debian another chance if
there's a new ISO available.
Regards,
Steffen
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