I think I have located the problem : having used the expert installation parameter.
It appears that enabling the floppy support (and maybe one or two other earlier options) causes this feature. I then told the system NOT to start PC-Card services. It enabled the files to be copied (with lots of warnings about missing packages, including Linux-IDE) and eventually returned to main menu with options for network support; installation etc. Thanks to Frans who pointed me in the direction of IDE - ATAPI options. Marc -----Original Message----- From: Frans Pop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 August 2005 17:15 To: [email protected] Cc: Marc Lawrence Subject: Re: Load Installer Components Fails on Inspiron 7500 On Saturday 13 August 2005 17:04, Marc Lawrence wrote: > Load Installer Components from CD fails > There was a problem reading data from the CD rom, please make sure it > is in the drive. If retrying does not work check the integrity of your > CDROM. Retry? The problem is probably not with your CD but with the installation system not recognizing your CD drive controller. Have you tried booting the installer with 'linux26' (to use a 2.6.8 kernel instead of the default 2.4.27 kernel)? If your laptop has a SATA controller you may want to check: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/index#errata See also the project page for the installation system: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
