On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Charlie <aries...@ipstarmail.com.au> wrote: > > Just curious: > > I used a Jessie netinstall CD, downloaded some time ago, on a > computer belonging to a friend, who has a very limited internet > connection. It gave me an error message after reading the CD and I > think at the step of installing the base system or just before that. > > It was something about not finding any kernel modules probably due to > this version of the installer having the wrong kernel. That's what it > posted on the screen something akin to that anyway. > > I tried to go on, but there were just too many things not right, so > aborted. > > It didn't matter, as I used an early wheezy net installer for a minimal > system, changed the sources list accordingly. It booted, read the > updates for Jessie correctly and now I just have to get it to a better > internet connection and upgrade it, bring in the required packages and > we're done. > > But it was just a weird thing? Why would a net install CD come with the > wrong kernel? Maybe I downloaded it at a time when it was incomplete.
Jessie being what it is until it becomes the new stable, I would be less than surprised if I got such errors. It might also be due to errors in the download. Slow connections can sometimes be less reliable -- old equipment, etc., and checksums are statistical objects. > Nothing drastic, but I just wondered. > Charlie -- Joel Rees Free is not Free! Choose your responsibility. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAAr43iOKsh0XOXxWB+UFZap=N=ywacqyke8p8jn6mqoz7e0...@mail.gmail.com
