On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 15:22:56 -0800, Brad Boyer composed: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 04:26:03PM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > > In my experience with the Debian installer, it was almost always possible > to go back.
i've never been able to _not_ go back. at worst you just reboot off the floppy again. > > I'm on the screen right now that wants me to provide the packages, and it > > doesn't recognize the ftp protocol from the computer sitting next to it, it > > also doesn't recognize my corporate gateway so I can't connect to the debain > > website. > > Does it give any errors? Some of the other consoles may have more info. > Try switching to other consoles and see what is there. use Alt-Fn to go > to console number 'n'. The installer interface should be on 1, so use > Alt-F1 to get back. I don't remember which console has the error logs, > so try several of them (maybe 3, which would be Alt-F3). there are 4 in all, vt 4 i can't remember what it is, should be in the install guide. vt 3 is the log, and vt 2 is the shell. simon > Brad Boyer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are.| *-----------------------------------------------------------------* | ,''`. http://www.debian.org/ | http://www.nuit.ca/ | | : :' : Debian GNU/Linux | http://simonraven.nuit.ca/ | | `. `' | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `- | PGP key: 3744 810B 50F5 187E | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
