Hi John, On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:30:06PM -0600, John Lightsey wrote: > Just tried the newest installer daily build (with 2.4.24 kernel) and it gets > through the ide-detect portion without any trouble. I can do everything > other than bringing up the network interface. The only other trouble I > noticed is that the aboot.conf that is generated doesn't point to the proper > location of my root filesystem. The installer kept going back to the > "configure network" option even though I couldn't bring the network up, so it > may be a case where I did something out of order. I did not repartition. I > did reformat my old partitions with the root as the A partition. Can you provide more details regarding what your aboot.conf looks like after installing, what you believe it should look like, and the contents of your partition tables? I was proud of that bit of code in aboot-installer, so if it has bugs, I'd like to get them fixed. ;) The "configure network" glitch you're seeing has to do with this being a *net*inst image: it really, really, really wants you to have a network, because it knows you're not booting from a full CD. :) > Anyway, my original problem is fixed. As far as the nic problem goes, it's > something that will have to be fixed in the kernel. This thread is > illuminating: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2004/debian-alpha-200401/msg00052.html Does this mean you have one of the P1SE/P2SE integrated cards, or something similar that results in the use of a PCI bridge on your system? > Hopefully a working 2.6 or 2.4 kernel will be released before Sarge is. Yes, the general state of alpha support in the late 2.4-series kernels seems quite dismal. :/ Regards, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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