Re: INSTALL REPORT
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:01:27PM +0100, Dominik Szczerba wrote:
> >Those sure are nice screen shots on Tollef's web site. Too bad I never saw
> >anything like that on my system. I have a 1600x1200 screen, and the
> >installer shows me 80x25 character text mode.
> >
> >I selected HTTP as access method, but the mirror (lyre.mit.edu) returned
> >404 errors and the installer crashed.
> >
> >I tried to kill the processes from the shell on tty2, but they kept
> >re-spawning so I finally gave up and powered off.
> >
> >I tried again, selecting ibiblio.org from the list. It also returned 404
> >errors and the installer crashed again as before.
>
> what kind of install cd was it? I once had problems with official
> unstable netinst cd. i always use unofficial woody (and then edit
> sources by hand changing stable->unstable) and it always works for me.
The reporter was trying to file a bug report against the new development
installer. Using stable is a solution if all that's needed is to get a
system up and running, but it's not so helpful if the reporter is trying
to help with development.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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