#include <hallo.h> * Brian J. Murrell [Fri, Aug 23 2002, 02:52:24AM]: > I am trying to install Woody onto a VMware workstation, 2.0.4 and 2.0.4 is a bit old, isn't? > So a couple of questions: > > 1. Is there any way to work around this problem with the bf24 kernel > distributed on Woody? Wrong question. It should be: ... around broken hardware emulated by non-free crap ... > 2. Is there any way to use an alternate kernel not on the CD? Read the boot screens. > 3. Is there a "boot" kernel available that does not have local apic > support in it (I don't yet have a Debian system installed to build > one myself)? > > Using the 2.2 idepci kernel is not an option because I need lvm > support as I intend to put all of my filesystems, including root on > LVM. Huch? Loading bf2.4 kernel won't bring you LVM w/o additional tricks (manual hacking). There is a simple method for installing Debian on a temporal partition, with any kernel. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- 'Und dann mu� man den Computer herunterladen, sonst st�rzt er ab.' (Harald Schmidt)
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