Jan Harnisch wrote:
> Originally, I intended to boot this Laptop from floppy and access the
> install DVD inside my desktop PC via NFS (the Laptop does not have any
> drives installed; only a floppy drive in the UltraBase). Unfortunately,
> I had to see that there is apparently no way to access a NFS server
> (unless, maybe, via TFTP boot, but here I needed to rely on existing
> infrastructure). Alternatively, I would have had the possibility of
> copying the installation files into an unused partition, but there also
> seems to be no way of telling the installer where to find them. Please,
> pleeease teach the installer how to use NFS or local drives...
> Thankyouthankyouthankyou.
I doubt we're going to have time to support either of these install
methods for the sarge release. Although somone is welcome to prove me
wrong.
I think the best way to install in your situation is to boot from floppy
or network, and let the installer download everything over the network
from a Debian mirror. Alternatively, use the hd-media method to boot
from an existing partition and load files from an iso image on it.
I'm mildly interested in supporting installs _to_ nfs, but will not be
working on it until after sarge is released. I don't really see any
benefit in using nfs to download files; a web server is not hard to set
up.
> - The "region selection" option in the main menu is only available if
> "install drivers from floppy" has been selected and a driver floppy
> (either cdrom or net) has been loaded; this seems a bit strange.
Yes, a known problem, but not a big enough deal to have been fixed.
Mainly because so few people can do an install without the network
drivers floppy.
> - ping is not available on the console when setting up the network; this
> makes it a little hard to figure out whether the network has been
> configured properly if downloading packages fails.
Use wget.
> - In the screen prior to Harddisk partitioning there is one word too
> much ("..Linux won't know anything nothing about the modifications...")
I don't know what screen you mean, and I cannot find "Linux won't know
anything nothing" anywhere in our source tree. Can you tell me the
title of the message and its complete content?
> - During partitioning, the new /home partition got ID 7 although I freed
> ID 5 shortly before by deleting an old partition. This is IMHO good
> default behaviour, but in expert mode maybe some people would like to
> assign partition numbers by hand.
A reasonable wishlist item..
> - When I did the install for the first time, I did not install a
> bootloader, but tried to boot again with the floppy by using the
> "root=/dev/hda2" parameter. This option is ignored and the system boots
> straight into the installation again. If there is still room left on the
> floppies, maybe it would be nice to have a rescue mode or something.
There is no room left on the floppies.
--
see shy jo
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