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Re: more install problems



On Tuesday 05 August 2003 16:25, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 August 2003 14:28, Geoff Thurman wrote:
> [...now irrelevant context snipped...]
>
> > I'm a newbie, and this might in any case be too late to help, but
> > the best instructions for installing Knoppix to hdd are probably
> > those on www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/debian-knoppix.html. They made
> > sense to me, and the way I feel at the moment that might be
> > saying something.
>
> Okay.  Try anything once.  I don't know why the instructions on the
> disk said there was no install script.  True, it is fairly basic,
> and insists on a single partition for root and everything... If it
> works, well and good.  I've repartitioned and it has started
> copying.  I'll let you know.

Update: Flawless.  It installs and boots.  A few configurations in 
/etc/hosts and so forth and the networking is alive.  I HAVE A 
WORKING DEBIAN!  Sorry to shout, but -- well -- it took a while.  

A thousand thanks to everyone who helped.  Even the ideas that didn't 
pan out were very informative.

-- 
richard



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