Bug#296695: CD net-install won't work on Dell Inspiron 5000

2005-02-25 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Stiaszny [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.02.24.2335 +0100]: Come again? I was never even asked that question by the installer. Do you mean the bootable flag for the partition? I tried with that both set and unset, and it hung in the same place. Okay, sorry. I am myself totally

Bug#296695: CD net-install won't work on Dell Inspiron 5000

2005-02-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 25 February 2005 07:10, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Martin Stiaszny [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.02.24.2335 +0100]: Come again? I was never even asked that question by the installer. Do you mean the bootable flag for the partition? I tried with that both set and unset, and it

Bug#296695: CD net-install won't work on Dell Inspiron 5000

2005-02-25 Thread Martin Stiaszny
Well, it asks the question in two stages. The first question grub-installer asks (in any mode) is do you want to install GRUB in the MBR of the first hard disk in your system. If you answer 'no', you will be asked to provide the partition grub should use instead (either in (hdx,x) or

Bug#296695: CD net-install won't work on Dell Inspiron 5000

2005-02-24 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Stiaszny [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.02.24.1237 +0100]: the old linux distro (18 GB partition) is using ext2. The installer formatted the new debian partition as ext3. I chose the automated install and just let the installer do its thing. Did you install into the MBR or the

Bug#296695: CD net-install won't work on Dell Inspiron 5000

2005-02-24 Thread Martin Stiaszny
Did you install into the MBR or the partition? (hd0,x) or (hd0) ? Come again? I was never even asked that question by the installer. Do you mean the bootable flag for the partition? I tried with that both set and unset, and it hung in the same place. Just tried expert install; I see can

Bug#296695: CD net-install won't work on Dell Inspiron 5000

2005-02-23 Thread Martin Stiaszny
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/sarge-i386-netinst.iso (circa 1 pm today, which, looking at your timestamps, might actually be the Feb. 22nd cut) uname -a: Linux ortelius 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Thu Jan 20 10:55:08