[please keep the discussion on list, so that others who might know better can contribute and others can learn as well. ] On 08/08/2008 04:36 PM, arTHUr Ting wrote: > thanks for your reply! > > 2008/8/8 Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de> > The installer can't find my hard drive just before the partition step > ;( > >> >> Far shot: Is there a BIOS password set for your hard disk? > > No password, It's a new notebook. [snip] >> Which iso did you use? Please give the url. >> > I didnot use a iso. I use the network-install kernel(linux and > initrd.gz) downloaded from > ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/ > and boot by a grub installed on usb-harddrive. i also tried amd64 kernel, > downnot work neither. > >> How far did you get in your installation process? Please tell, when >> and how exactly the problem occurs. > > After configured the network(i use dhcp) and before disk partition. Maybe you ran into [1] (I can't tell). All I can suggest for the moment is to follow the instructions in [2] (as you probably did) and to try out this link: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/ which has more recent versions of the installer. HTH, good luck! Johannes [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490562 [2] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s04.html
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