Re: installation problem with initramfs-tools
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Charles Blair wrote:
> I am trying to install the etch version of Debian on a
> recently purchased HP Pavillion machine (it has a hard disk
> that the sarge installer doesn't recognize).
>
> I downloaded the first CD image and booted the installer.
> The partitioning and other steps seemed to be all right. During
> the base install:
>
> (1) I was asked to pick a kernel, and chose the default
> linux-image-2.6-486
>
> (2) Various successful install messages were displayed
> until it said there was a problem with initramfs-tools.
> I was referred to console #4, which displayed in part:
>
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>> console-tools
>> console-common
>>
>> subprocess /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code ()
>
> I hope there's a quick fix. I could not get the installer to
> continue past this error message.
>
>
Why don't you try etch instead? It has better hardware recognition and
works much better than sarge on newer computers.
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