Hi! After I managed to successfully install Debian with Svens di-2004.02.26 (from http://people.debian.org/~luther/pegasos/ - di-2004.03.15 wasn't available then), I want to give some feedback upon that...
- d-i worked fine - except for that problem that it doesn't supported pppoe. It started straight with trying to retrieve files via a fixed line (configuration via DHCP or manual setup). It is obvious that this only works for machines hooked up directly to the net or are behind a router. When your machine to install is supposed to be your router, this will give you some problems to succeed installation with d-i. ;) Whereas I could work around this problem, I know of at least one other person who has this problem as well. Prior to the installation problem, there was a problem to even load & start d-i successfully. The kernel couldn't mount root= or didn't find console, but Sven solved these problems rapidly by telling me to use kernel parameter "devfs=mount" when loading d-i image via OF. So I think this happens quite often and should be listed somewhere nearby the d-i image (f.e. a small INSTALL/README in http://people.debian.org/~luther/pegasos/ ?). ;) - after installation a dpkg-reconfigure console-data didn't work. Choosing keymap from arch list (qwertz, german no-dead-key, standard) resulted in an error, stating that it can't find and load such a keymap. After all, the installation went quite good an Sven was very helpful with help and support for some other problems like getting the sound card to work. Thanks, Sven! -- Ciao... // Ingo \X/
