Package: debian-installer-manual Version: 20050317 Like #321901 mentions, some dev links are missing while installing from a previous Linux distro. In order to install kernel-image package, I had to type: # /dev/MAKEDEV fd0 # /dev/MAKEDEV hda I suggest to add a warning in the doc I'm installing Debian sarge, kernel kernel-image-2.4.27-2-sparc64 Didier