Bug#401586: installation-report Etch (daily built)
On Monday 04 December 2006 22:08, Johan Spee wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> Since the installer uses the 2.6.18 kernel Debian usually installs
> smoothly on my system, but the installations won't boot. I have
> installed every 'daily built image' since last Tuesday (when the new
> kernel was added) and none of the successful installations would get
> past the point where the boot messages read "Begin: Waiting for root
> file system".
> With the installed kernel (2.6.17) my CD drives and network card will
> not work, but booting from HD should not be a problem.
If you try again with a current daily, the 2.6.18 kernel should be
installed. Hopefully that fixes your problem.
> Strangely, the graphycal installer is not graphical anymore since the
> new kernel was introduced. After 'installgui' I get text based dialogs:
> much like the old installer, but fringed by weird ascii.
This issue has been traced and solved in the mean time.
Please let us know if you can try again and, if you can, what the result
is.
Cheers,
FJP
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