Re: Cheap PC / unknown components. ALDI/Medion MD 8080 XL anyone?

[Mariano Kamp <mkamp@gmx.de>]

On Saturday 06 December 2003 06:30, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> 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
>
Meanwhile I got my hands on the new debian installer and so I am at least past 
the base install now.
I found your tool in Debian too and it rocks.
http://mariano.homelinux.org/lshw.out.html

This will be a great help for the next steps... Great work!

>> 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 out of date.
That was it. The network module (via-rhine) coming with the woody installer 
was out of date. 

> Then use debootstrap to perform a chroot install under Knoppix as
> described in the Debian Installation Manual.  
Ok,  Paul mentioned E Condon also mentioned this approach. I will look it up 
in the manual.

> Google "large disk HOWTO".  bf2.4 install option may help you.  Or a
> chroot (my own preference), as mentioned above.
I used bf2.4. Anyway the new installer (and Knoppix) are able to cope with my 
hdd now.

Cheers,
Mariano