On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 01:08:46AM -0700, Robert Cole wrote: > I am installing Debian for the first time. I've got a clean system (no > other OS) and so I thought this should be easy. Right... > > I booted from the CD (Woody images downloaded and burned on CD) and went > through the install steps. Couldn't get it to recognize my network card. > OK, searched through Google (I have another functional computer on the home > network) and found that I had to turn off the PnP OS. Alright, that > requires a reboot, so I'll continue on and, since this is Linux, I can come > back later and install the drivers. So, continue on following the > installation guide step by step up to the smoke test. Take out CD, and > reboot. Looks good (who gave the penguin the glass of beer?) up until I get > the login prompt. Hey, the manual says that it should ask me to load some > other modules and ask me what I wan the root password to be. ??? It will, if you reboot _from CD_, not from the half-installed system. If you boot again from the CD-ROM, the installation procedure will ask you the first few questions again; when you need to activate your partitions, _do_not_initialize_them_. The installer will then detect that you've got a half-installed system, and will continue where it had previously been interrupted. HTH, -- Wouter Verhelst Debian GNU/Linux -- http://www.debian.org Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org "Stop breathing down my neck." "My breathing is merely a simulation." "So is my neck, stop it anyway!" -- Voyager's EMH versus the Prometheus' EMH, stardate 51462.
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