Try using a netinst cd and installing from that. http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 10:28:09PM -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > this might not be appropriate for this list but... > > Trying to install Debian on my inspiron 5000. four attempts, four failures. > > built a copy of cd1 using the jigdo process. seems to boot OK > > 1: bf24 install: kind of works. After selecting laptop and a couple of > other tasks, network install seemed to work OK but there's no X11 > configuration. Investigation shows only a partial install and startx > complains about missing programs > > 2: repeat the above only selecting a minimum number of tasks in tasksel. > Starts complaining about dependency problems. Start having PCMCIA problems > > 3: default 2.2 kernel install. PCMCIA problems get in the way of install > > 4: same as above only used different options with PCMCIA shutdown. Same > problems killing install > > now, something here doesn't strike me as being right. I've installed Red > Hat on this machine (7.3,8.0) and it works mostly wonderful. There are the > ever popular funky problems with my wacom tablet but for the most part it > worked right. > > I've installed Debian on desktop machines using a real minimal CD boot > image and it went very nicely albeit complicated compared to Red Hat. So > I'm wondering what is the problem here. Should I be using a different > install image than the first CD or should I get and burn the next couple of > CDs to make a complete install set? > > clue would be welcome. I'm hoping to find a different distribution for Red > Hat and have always admired the Debian project (I run it on my Alpha 164lx). > > many thanks in advance > > ---eric > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmaster@lists.debian.org
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