Tom Goulet wrote:
Here is what I have figured out so far (i think). The system will "boot" from the CD-Drive but when the kernel takes over it doesn't have the driver for this CD-Drive. I have used knoppix, etch liveCD and network install cds. I then downloaded the first testing cd and the kernel found the cd player. But then it couldn't find the network card. I can tell with ubuntu that the driver is e1000-ich9. I'm not sure how to tell what driver ubuntu is using for the cd-drive. I guess Dell adds these drivers to the Ubuntu dist. because they aren't on the CD that they sent. I sure hope they are on the restore partion .On 3/22/08, DebianMike <mail4mike2008-debian@yahoo.com> wrote:I have just received a Dell Inspiron 530N pre-installed with Ubuntu. I am now trying to figure out how to install debian on it. When I try to boot my Debian LiveCD (20070716-07:09) I am getting an error message similar to : *"can't access tty; job control turned off" *does anyone have a clue what this means?It means you can't hit ctrl+z to put a job in the background. It's a very minor error message. Another person suggested that if you want to install Debian you can use a Debian install CD. That sounds like a good idea to me too. Good luck! Tom
I guess I am just stuck on the bleeding edge of technology. (ubuntu is looking better and better)
Thanks for everyones help and comments!!!!!!!!! -Mike