Re: [debian-amd64] Re: Silicon Image SATA?
To add on to this question - why isn't there a full install CD, loaded
with everything possible and multiple kernels that should cover everyone's
needs, instead of these very minimal install CDs that can get pretty
limiting depending on the hardware situation...? there's 650 reliable
megabytes that can be used.
just my two cents.
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Harald Dunkel wrote:
> > Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Is there no ide driver for sata-sil? People wanted the ide driver for
> >> some sata because of the 15 partition limit for scsi and smart.
> >>
> >> It looks like we are getting a new kernel and new kernel udebs
> >> tonight. Have a look if that changes anything.
> >>
> >
> > This new image did not work. expert26 and linux26 were missing,
> > so I tried expert. But then "Load installer components from CD"
> > failed, even though I could see the CD in /cdrom. The error message
> > was
> >
> > Failed to copy file from CDROM. Retry?
> >
> > There was no hint _which_ file was missing.
> >
>
> Maybe this is related:
>
> Using the monolithic image I could configure the hardware,
> but during base system installation I got an error message
> saying that the adduser package could not be found on
> alioth.
>
> 2 questions:
>
> Why is adduser _so_ important at installation
> time of the basic system? It is surely not
> essential to get the system running.
>
> Why was there no option to [continue], ignoring
> the missing file ?
>
>
> Regards
>
> Harri
>
>
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