Re: dbootstrap problem
I saw the same symtoms when booting from cd. So I created floppies
instead and booted from them. They worked ok.
Regards,
/Karl
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From: Richard Giles <rtgiles@uklinux.net>
Subject: dbootstrap problem
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 00:08:02 +0000
> Pentium II PC 350MHz
> 64MB RAM
> All hardware already runs Caldera Linux 2.4 OK.
>
>
> Hi - Please can you help ???
>
> I am trying to replace Caldera Open Linux 2.4 with Debian 2.2r2 (from
> official CDs). I want to use the exisiting partitions. Dbootstrap
> doesn't let me get past
>
> "Configure Device Driver Modules"
>
> When I go in to this section it asks me if I want to skip it, and
> whatever I say it returns me to the previous screen (an infinite
> loop!).
>
> I gather that dbootstrap remembers information it has gathered
> previously and presumably it does this in a file on my existing Linux
> partition. I suspect the cure may be to make it start afresh but I
> don't know how to do this (doesn't say in install.en.txt as far as I
> can see).
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Keep up the good work.
>
> Richard Giles
>
>
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