Re: Debian install breaks on 'Configuring Locales'
sorry kent, mail wasn't send to the list,
check out knoppix http://www.knoppix.net or the version from kano (based
on knoppix) called kanotix http://www.kanotix.com
both are cd-bootables, complete linux with an easy install script, which
actualy copies the complete CD (~2.3GB of sw in an compressed
filesystem) to HD. voila, around 40 minutes later, you have a running
debian system! worked on every from the 8 - 10 PCs i had tried so far.
knoppix is a mixture from sarge (testing) and sid (unstable) and
kanotix is pure sid, with a couple of fixes, knoppix does not have.
they both have a very good forum where one can get help quickly.
linux install and use easy from scratch!
if even this does not work, you can go screaming! ;-)
cheers
Guenter
Am Fr, den 23.07.2004 schrieb Kent West um 4:07:
> John Hechtman wrote:
>
> > I moved from Suse to Slackware, because the stock Suse was WAY slow.
> >
> > And then from Slackware to Debian because no one can tell me why my floppy
> > drive mounts in read-only in Slackware when using any GUI.
> >
> > Now I've dl'd the Debian CD iso images and burned them to disks.
> > This is with the 'Woody' 30r2-i386 set of seven CD's, plus the updates CD.
> >
> > I started the install, and it went fine through the first part.
> >
> > But it breaks each time at 'Configuring Locales'. You can select more
> > locales, but the 'Enter' key will not give an 'accept' - it just sits
> > there.
> > No key on the keyboard will 'accept', and get me past this.
> > In fact, after it breaks on the first cycle, the 'Enter' key brings up the
> > 'Help' menu.
> >
> > This is using disk 1 - the 'vanilla' kernel. I tried it with bf24 to
> > see if that helps - it didn't.
> >
> > Can't I get a stock version of Linux to run 'out of the box', with decent
> > speed? I'm not asking a lot, Web access, email, and a functioning floppy
> > drive...
> >
> > Further, the Debian install doc, which was lovingly detailed up to Chapter
> > 8, breaks down and does not deal with several of the screen options
> > presented during setup. Including, of course, the 'Configuring Locales'
> > option, or any way of avoiding it.
> >
> > Can I scream now, or must I wait?
>
> You can scream any time you want. You're going to be frustrated no
> matter what, if you're new to Linux. It's a different world. On the
> other hand, once you've spent some time here, going back to Windows will
> frustrate you more. So if you're going to turn back, do it now, before
> you get spoiled.
>
> I can't answer your specific question, but I can tell you that if you
> have network access, you'll do better to forget the CDs and instead
> download the 100MB CD image for the new beta Sarge installer, and
> install just the base stuff, then use the network to pull down what you
> want. You'll get fresher (newer) packages, and it'll probably go a lot
> smoother (the new beta installer is better than the old Woody installer).
>
> You can find the beta installer at:
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
>
> --
> Kent
>
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