Hi! I had an old machine with slink but decided not to upgrade since it required downloading of 72 Mb (lots of uneeded software installed). Instead, I decided to make a clean install. I've downloaded the rescue/root/drivers floppies and went on with it.
It went fine until I had to configure the ethernet card (a plain NE2000 compatible). Although I knew well the parameters (io=0x300) it refused to install. Apparently it tried to "insmod" from /lib/modules and it always failed. When I tried to "insmod" by hand it worked. All I had to do was: - cd /target/lib/modules - insmod ne.o io=0x300 I also had to manually add the line ne io=0x300 to /etc/modules Then I went on with the instalation with dbootstrap, downloading the base system from the Internet via a proxy. Later I rebooted the machine and when booting it said something about not being able to create a "ksym..." file on /var/log, witch is a message I know from other instalations but seems harmless. It also keeps saying that /etc/modules.conf is newer than /lib/modules/2.2.15/modules.dep but it works. Then I selected the "Advanced method" in package selection and discovered that the packages download (default+hylafax) has more than 60 Mb to go! Can't it be done for less? ;-) I'm now downloading the 62 Mb of packages but I think you would like to known these problems as soon as possible. See you, Fernando -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
