Re: install help with tosiba laptop
todd,
please keep replies on the list. thanks.
also use inline responses, it makes for better readability.
On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 18:22 -0500, Todd Swackhamer wrote:
> do i need to know much to go through this? this is my first debian
> install (or any linux experience, for that matter) and i am a bit
> intimidated going through the expert mode.
go with the etch installer. worst case scenario is you lose an hour or
two fiddling.
>
> On 2/23/06, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 13:42 -0500, Todd Swackhamer wrote:
> > > I am trying to install debian for the first time and after i install
> > > disk 1 (Stable release 3.1r1 - 'Sarge') and hit enter to boot my
> > > computer keeps getting hunging up on "detecting hardware to find
> > > CD-ROM drives" screen at 2% complete and says "loading module
> > > 'yenta_socket' for 'Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC97'..." I am
> > > trying to install on a Toshiba Satellite 2545 CDS laptop computer. Any
> > > suggestions?
> >
> > try the etch installer.
> >
> > if you really want to stick with sarge, then try 'expert' mode or
> > 'expert26' in the installer. you can then (perhaps) modprobe in the
> > correct modules to use your cdrom.
-matt zagrabelny
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