On Thursday 20 April 2006 23:48, you wrote: > I tried to download some binary CD-s but the installer deleted the > whole partition table on my 120GB winchester because there was only > "automatic partitioning"! I thought that it would show a menu or > something but no! I spent 7 hours restoring the old partition table, > backing up data and reinstalling windows... but last year there WAS a > nice partitioner in the debian-installer. That is very much not true. The installer _does_ have an option for manual partitioning *and* it _always_ asks for confirmation before writing a new partition table and/or formatting partitions. > So the questions are: > -is it possible to install it with the debian installer? Sure, if you can either: - compile the extra drivers you need as modules for the same kernel that the installer uses and copy them into the running installer; - create a custom image with a custom kernel [1] > -or is it possible to install a basic system with a gcc and kernel > sources etc., install the driver and then download more packages? Sure. You can basically install whatever you like during the initial install. > -or even to integrate it into the kernel from now on officially? That will only happen if the driver code is accepted by upstream kernel people. Cheers, FJP [1]http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/installer/doc/custom-kernel.txt
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