Re: Hello! from a newbie+ problems with debian for amd64+can't boot debian for i386 on amd64 from cd+can't extract sbm.bin from cd
Hi!
>Interesting... I did not have that issue. It just went and fetched the
>packages for me straight away. Where did the DHCP lease come from? I
>take it that it was issued by an ADSL modem? If so, check that the DNS
>settings were sent along with it.
My internet connection is ADSL through a modem-router, which is where
the DHCP lease comes from (I guess). I knew that there was a functional
internet connection because another computer in my home was also
connected to the router and it could connect to the internet. The
router itself has a serial cable to configure it, but you can unplug it
once you have a working connection. Excuse the clumsy newbie
description, but I was not sure I understood your questions. In any
case, the problem was solved by running "dhclient" after the modprobe
thing. I'm not sure how to check those DNS settings, though.
Anyway, I was kind of frustrated because I had to do it after every
reboot. Moreover, I got no GUI after the install. I tried to download
gnome, along with other packages (development tools, networking...) but
I must have done something wrong, because I after installing the
packages I was asked a lot of even stranger questions... as if I was
trying to install a web server or something.
Right now I'm trying to get used to using "parted" to resize partitions
and have many different intallations on my disk. It seems I have to
learn how to install and configure Grub on its own. A problem I
have is that there are too many partitions. Sadly, it seems that I
can't assign a name to each one in the partitions table (the Parted
user manual says that "name" only works for Mac and PC98, not for DOS
partitions. I guess I could change the partition type, but was not sure
whether it was a good idea. Is it?).
Anways, I was so confused with so many unnamed partitions that I erased
them all and now I'm using the only version which sort of works:
debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
It's usable, but many things don't work like they should, especially synaptic (sometimes it becomes "zombie"), which is too bad.
>My bad. Less is not in there... I am used to using it on an installed
>system, which will have less if I've been near it. My apologies for
>this.
No problem! I understand that there must be several things you don't
need to do again (or remember) once your got your system up and running.
>(Also, sorry for my delay in replying; work sent me to a remote,
>non-internet connected location in the Australian outback. Now that's
>off topic.)
Paying a visit to Mr. Dundee? :DD
Welcome back!
Sometimes I also take some time to reply, because I'm trying different things and I'm a bit slow at it. Sorry.
Regards,
Martin
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