Re: Debian Etch and a half

[Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>]

On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 11:22 -0800, jeffry killen wrote:
> I downloaded the netinst and want to install [..] I have static ip
> address service with my ISP.

IIRC, Debian installer will try DHCP, then offer to configure the
interface manually.

> The installer wants to get on the net using dhcp so I change
> the network interface configuration to use dhcp but I would
> rather download the business card image.

I don't understand what's your problem here.


> The web page in
> the Debian site has this under the heading for the business
> card installer:
> 
> businesscard CD image (generally 20-50 MB)
> 
>      * Available for all architectures.
>      * Needs to be booted with the option 'suite=etch' to install 
> etch-and-a-half.
>      * Will automatically install the 2.6.24 kernel.
> 
> specifically:
> Needs to be booted with the option 'suite=etch' to install 
> etch-and-a-half.
> How do I do this?

When your are at the boot prompt, select the install menu entry, then
press the "tab" key, then type "suite=etch", so you get something like :
 install suite=etch

Franklin