Bug#270599: no help from using a different mirror or using "unstable" version
On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 01:04, Rick_Thomas wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 17:57, Frans Pop wrote:
> > On Friday 10 September 2004 23:04, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > > When it asked, I chose the
> > > uchicago mirror as usual, and it loaded the installer-components
> > > list (I think -- I didn't get the exact words) after which it
> > > *again* complained about not finding any kernel modules! I told it
> > > to continue anyway, and it started downloading and unpacking
> > > installer components from the uchicago mirror (presumably).
> >
> > Ignoring this message will mean your installation is always going to fail as
> > the installer won't recognize your disk.
> >
> > Missing installer modules probably means you are using an incorrect
> > distribution on your mirror.
> > You probably need to select 'unstable' instead of using the default 'testing'.
> >
> > You can do this by backing up to the menu (for example from country-chooser),
> > changing debconf priority to medium, and then choose 'unstable' when you are
> > selecting your mirror.
> >
> > The reason is there are kernel-changes happening ATM and the version the
> > floppies are build with is probably not yet available in testing.
>
> Well... these were the 2.4 floppies. Does that make a difference?
>
> I'll try it with a different mirror. That's easy to do.
>
Well... I tried with "ftp.us.debian.org" as the mirror, and "version to
install" as "unstable"
Same result -- no disks recognized by the kernel, so none to partition.
I tried "save debug logs to floppy". Per instructions, I fed it a
formatted floppy (Mac [HFS] formatted. Would PC [FAT] formatted or
Linux [ext2] formatted have been better?) it made a few seconds of
floppy read/write noises then declared that it was "unable to find any
floppy device". (The use of the word "device" here makes me think that
regardless of the format, I would have had the same results. Or am I
assuming too much linguistic precision on the part of the person who
wrote that error message?)
After I rebooted into a working system I examined the floppy. Nothing
had been written to it.
Hope some of this helps!
Rick
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