Re: Feedback on installation attempt

[Hartmut Koptein <koptein@naffel.de>]

> I notice it's an fbdev kernel.  Is the standard debian one an fbdev
> kernel these days?  I'm running a stock kernel on my normal machine,
> but I don't get the pretty beer-drinking pingu...

Dunno for i386, but if so, you must use the vesa-modes for many cards.

> Now, the only bug I encountered: the 'configure device modules'
> doesn't seem to pass parameters correctly to modprobe.  I have a
> crappy old NE-2000 compatible in this machine, and I happened to know
> that it was set to 0x360.  But typing 'io=0x360' in the dialog box
> didn't do the trick -- the module failed to install.  Hitting 'F2' and 
> typing 'modprobe ne io=0x360' by hand worked fine, and I was able to
> install.

Yes, i had the same problem (ne2000 isa, io=0x300); Don't know why this
fails ... but it isn't nice. 


MfG,


     Hartmut