RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk errors (?)
Allen,
Having just installed sarge on my laptop I think I may be able to help.
I initially attempted to install sarge from a cd I burned using jigdo.
This failed repeatedly...I kept getting corrupted media messages part
way through the installation, though it would boot nicely. So, I went
to a net-install version of sarge
(http://www.nl.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/) and downloaded the
files using jigdo on WindowsXP box, burned it as a CD (.iso) image, and
booted fron it just fine. On my laptop i typed at the boot prompt
expert vga=771
and everything installed fine. I chose unstable and things still worked
fine. I would suggest having important peripherals like wireless cards
attached as the installer will detect them, making less work in the
future.
The installer also detected my built-in ethernet cards which work fine
as well. I am a relatively newcomer with Linux, and I couldn't begin to
unravel the mysteries of why net-install worked and why the usual CD
installation failed.
Greg
On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 16:37, Allen Williams wrote:
> OK, fixed that problem, but, with "sarge", I still get the following errors
> (same as original problem):
>
> modprobe: failed to load module floppy
> eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expected ")")
>
> With "woody", it can't find my network hardware (Intel 82547EI Gigabit LAN
> controller).
>
> Any help with either of these would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Allen
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kent West [mailto:westk@acu.edu]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 3:48 PM
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk
> > errors (?)
> >
> >
> > Allen Williams wrote:
> >
> > >This is a brand new system- no data to worry about, but would like to get
> > >the system installed. Given a brand new system, don't think my
> > hardware is
> > >dying, but, of course, anything is possible.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) [mailto:fsmla@xinara.org]
> > >>Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:04 PM
> > >>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > >>Subject: Re: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk
> > >>errors (?)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 11:08:59 -0400, Allen Williams wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>and, on console alt-F4, I am getting these error messages:
> > >>>
> > >>>June 20 00:58:56 (none) syslog.warn klogd: hdc: media error
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>(bad sector):
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>Is there anyplace that tells me how to decode these error messages?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>The usual decoding is "your disk is dying, hope you have a good
> > backup. If
> > >>not, try to backup any data you want to keep NOW."
> > >>
> > >>
> > /dev/hdc is usually (but not always) the CD-ROM drive. This is
> > indicative of a bad/scratched/dirty CD, or a faulty CD-ROM drive, or a
> > bad CD-ROM cable/controller. I'd start by trying a different install CD
> > (or a different CD-ROM drive if you have one available).
> >
> > --
> > Kent
> >
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