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Re: cannot install Sarge



On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 09:13:55PM -0500, sam rosenfeld wrote:
> 
> I, a semi-knowledgeable Linux user, have received a Jan 22, 2005 version 
> of Sarge on CDs 1, 2, an 3 from a mirror listed on the Debian site.  The 
> installation stops and refuses to play nice after asking me for the 
> Ethernet driver.  I do not use an Ethernet driver nor any other similar 
> connection on my box.  When I try to force the installation bypassing the 
> ethernet request, the installation seems to continue processing but yields 
> a garbled Sarge which won't run at all.  I can't figure out precisely 
> where the installation is going wrong, but it seems not to be installing 
> either a grub or a lilo loader (I've tried both.)
Why do you say it is garbled?

If installation is successful, then a bootloader will be installed
into the MBR.  Is there anything wrong with the installation (other
than sth related to the network card)?

Justin



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