Re: Problem installing debian: dhcp fails

[Peter Teunissen <oneman@oneword.demon.nl>]

Hi,

If DHCP fails, then don't use it ;-)
It's been a long time since I used the woody installer so I'm not sure  
about that one, but if you use the newest Sarge installer in expert  
mode you'll get the option not to use DHCP and enter ip, mask and  
gateway yourself.

Sarge floppy images can be found at:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/rc2/ 
images/floppy/




Groet,


Peter Teunissen

-- Never argue with idiots; they'll drag you down to their own level  
and beat you on experience.


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On 11-mrt-05, at 9:02, VMM wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Yesterday I tried to install the latest stable Debian to my old PC.
> Because it has no bootable cd drives, I thought that easiest way would  
> be
> downloading the floppy images and doing a network installation after  
> that.
>
> First I tried to install with the smallest disk set (idepci) and then
> using the compact version, but neither of them found my SMC NIC. The  
> card
> was found when I used the 4 disk driver set (there was a tulip driver).
>
> But: when I tried to configure the network, the installer tries to get  
> the
> IP address via DHCP from my ISP, but fails every time. The DHCP server  
> is
> functioning correctly, because my 2 windows's work just fine.
>
> My friend guessed that my ISP's DHCP might be so slow that the  
> installer
> fails because of a timeout every time.
>
> What could I do to fix this? Am I forced to download the whole debian  
> cd
> image and install the system using that, and try to get the network
> working later? Or is there some tuning I could do in the installer?
>
> Best rgds,
>
>
> -- VMM
>
>
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