Hi all, I finally got a replacement motherboard for the exploding capacitor one (http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg10311.html) - and it seems to be a pretty decent one - http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=619
Now, I wanted to install Debian on the system - and I decided to use the Sarge DVD provided with PCQ. Problem is, I do not have a DVD drive in my desktop - though I have a combo in my laptop. So, I decided to make the desktop boot from LAN, and using a dhcp server running on my laptop, and utilizing PXE boot, I managed to boot into the Debian installer (linux26) from the laptop over the network. I had setup Apache in my laptop to act as a Debian mirror (with the packages from the DVD) - Alias /debian /mnt/cdrom ..etc. The bootup was fine - but the installer did not recognise the inbuilt network card in the Nforce2 mobo. So, I plugged in the network cable to the realtek 8139 based card, and setup the network with DHCP. I manually set the mirror address to my laptop IP, and the installer managed to download the rest of the components from the laptop. However, after that, the installer failed - saying that it is unable to detect any partionable disk. Thinking that something must be wrong with the 2.6 kernel that was being used, I retried with linux (ie, the 2.4 series kernel). But with that, my network card (Realtek one) fails to come up. I tried setting the IP manually - but that too, did not work. Any ideas on what may be wrong ? -thanks- Sayamindu PS: For some reason, I think that the installer is trying to detect SATA drives - instead of the normal PATA ones that I have. Some SATA related modules are being loaded before the disk detection process. -- All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible. Seven Pillars of Wisdom -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
