on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:45:25PM +0100, Mariano Kamp (mkamp@gmx.de) wrote:
> On Friday 05 December 2003 23:22, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:07:24PM +0100, Mariano Kamp wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I bought one of the "cheap" PCs from a german discounter. I am
> > > wondering if anybody has been able to install Debian on it? Any pointers
> > > would be nice.
> > >
> > > www.linux-hardware.de wasn't helpful.
> > >
> > > Allmost all the components are unknown when looking at the /proc/pci
> > > output. This is interesting, because I believe they used "brand"
> > > components. My guess is that they are a little bit modified to make sure
> > > that prices are not easily comparable. Is this likely to be true?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Mariano
> >
> > If this is the PC for which you say in, an earlier email, that you
> > can install Knoppix on it, then you can also install Debian, but not
> > as easily. Knoppix is based on Debian. One way to get Debian is to
> > install Knoppix and then convert it to Debian by downloading
> > packages over the internet.
>
> Paul,
>
> thanks for taking the time.
>
> Yet, it is the same pc. What I don't want is a Knoppix System.
First: Knoppix is (largely) the same as Debian. The packaging system
is identical, the default packages differ somewhat.
More significantly: get a Knoppix disk. Use it to identify the HW on
the system. The 'lshw' command is useful, as is my own system-info
script:
http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript
> Yes, in theory it should work on Debian when it works on Knoppix, but
> when having to use the old installer then the modules are very much
> out of date.
Then use debootstrap to perform a chroot install under Knoppix as
described in the Debian Installation Manual. Or use another installer:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/installers.html
> In this particular example, I don't get the network up, so it is
> pretty much pointless to use the old installer. Btw. The old installer
> was not even able to cope with a 160GB hd.
Google "large disk HOWTO". bf2.4 install option may help you. Or a
chroot (my own preference), as mentioned above.
Peace.
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