Re: d-i beta3 | DHCP
On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 11:14:48AM +0100, kirpi@email.it wrote:
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> > > > Luigi:
> > > > I tried sarge d-i beta3 today.
> > > > At one point it says that it is looking for DHCP something, it says that
> > > > sometimes DHCP is slow, and then it comes out that it cannot find it. The
> > > > alternative is to give my IP number, but I do not know any IP number and,
> > > > as far as I know, my IP number changes quite often.
> > >
> > > Nathanael:
> > > DHCP is the method used to find your IP number if it changes often. If it's
> > > not working, and you have an always-on Internet connection, you have a
> > > problem. (If you don't have an always-on Internet connection, don't bother
> > > trying the current installer CDs; they seem to depend on an active Internet
> > > connection, hence the name "netinst". There should be ones which don't
> > > before the release of sarge.)
> >
> > Sven:
> > Still woody boot floppies pre-filled the IP number with 192.168.1.1 or
> > something such, which d-i doesn't anymore.
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> I tried, Sven, and inserted 192.168.1.1 but nothing worked.
> Also, Nathanael, I use an ADSL connection:
> usually I just enter a username and a password, and the system works.
Mmm, this is probably the missing ppoe udeb or something such another
user reported already.
> It is the very thing I am doing right now, from a knoppix-cd.
> All I know is that something called pppoe has to be set.
Yeah, this it is.
> Actually, I am left with only a knoppix-cd: the installer formatted my hard
> disk, but nothing positive happened, then.
> Please HELP: how can I install debian?
> Is really this d-i beta3 working?
Yeah, direct ADSL connection are a bit problematic right now, it seems,
or else i am missing something.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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