Uwe Dippel wrote: > Okay, funnily enough, I get more menus. For example keyboard and then > keyboard layout. Never get these without the two parameters. Only the > general language selection. > > Now back to the specific problem: > I follow the selection of steps to do (also this one unavailable without > the two parameters as given) from top to bottom (like conventionally). > At a certain moment after / at the end / of loading the components of > the debian-installer, this horrible red screen shows up telling me that > 3c59x, ide-mod, ide-probe-mod and ide-floppy are missing. > Only way out: 'Continue' > Then, however, the 3c59x is detected and installed successfully. > Immediately thereafter, the red screen comes up again and informs me > that ide-mod, ide-probe-mod and ide-floppy are missing. Only way out: > 'Continue' freezes the whole lot forever immediately after pressing > 'Enter'. No visible action but red turning into BSOD. Without those > numbers, of cause ... ... but a white, single lower line; dead cursor > left sided. > > What's next ? That narrows it down to either the end of hw-detect (starting pcmcia?) or whatever comes just after. Try booting with DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 (but not with DEBCONF_PRIORITY), and switch over to the 4th virtual console (alt-f4) right before it's going to hang. After it hangs, copy down the last lines of output to that console. -- see shy jo
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