Re: Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")")
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 12:04:40AM -0500, Allen Williams wrote:
> Trying to install sarge (woody doesn't have the support for my intel 1000M
> ethernet card), plain vanilla x86 hardware: Linux system was previously
> installed. I've tried four or five different releases of sarge, with
> different dates, and searched email archives and Google and found (almost)
> nothing. The one thing I found mentioned this error, and was a bug report
> that said this was supposed to be fixed, but in all of the releases, up
> through September, I'm still getting this, and evidently I'm the only one in
> the world. Someone, please help!!
FYI, you can mix and match Debian distributions and kernels. In particular,
you can install Woody and then upgrade to a kernel that includes support for
your internet card.
In general, once you have a working installation of Debian, you can upgrade
piecemeal until you have a working version of Sid, *without* *being* *a*
*Debian* *guru*. How far you go from stable to bleeding edge is a matter of
taste and of meeting your requirements for new features vs. stability.
Because Sarge is also testing, versions of Sarge are not really versions,
more like its current condition on this or that particular date. Sarge is
nearing release as the new 'stable' version of Debian. But, one of the
last things that gets fixed in a proto-stable version is 'cold-turkey'
install.
If you are sure that your problem is lack of support for your particular
ethernet card, try first installing Debian without that. Then you have
a functional base for getting that little detail. It may be worth your
while to scavenge an old junk etherenet card (that is supported) just to
get past this.
Also, look carefully at your options during the install process (F-
keys, etc.), it is possible to select different kernel versions during
the initial install. This may get you what you need.
In general, the Debain way is to install Debian and then when you have
reasonable control over your machine, configure it as you like.
(just my advice)
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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