Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Quoting W. Borgert (debacle@debian.org):
> 1. Method 'linux26': Hangs during PC card phase. Had to switch off.
>
> 2. Method 'linux26 hw-detect/pcmcia=off (or so)': Did not detect the
> ethernet device (Broadcom 570x Gigabit). No idea which driver to use
> from the list, so rebooted.
>
> 3. Method 'linux': No PC card probs :-) No network driver probs :-)
Broadcom stuff is broken in 2.6.x with x<7. 2.6.7 just entered
unstable and is supposed to have the tg3 driver back again....
> Installed grub on /dev/hda3 (because XP uses /dev/hda1,2) and I do
> not want grub as primary boot manager on that machine.
> Killed the MBR! No boot from HD at all possible.
This probably needs to be reported as important or even serious to
grub-installer if confirmed.
> 6. A colleague was unhappy about the 'ar' support, because it goes
> left-to-right and the letters are detached from each other, which
> seems to be unnormal for 'ar'.
Should be better at least for 1st stage with sid_d-i images. Howevr,
the Arabic translation is currently incomplete and you'll have a lot
of English here and there.
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