Sarge
After i tried to upgrade Woody with the Sid apps i rendered my sistem unusable. So i tried installing Sarge with the network CD - install which worked just fine with woody. But here i stumbled upon 2 problems 1.
After i tried to upgrade Woody with the Sid apps i rendered my sistem unusable.So i tried installing Sarge with the network CD - install which worked just fine with woody.But here i stumbled upon 2 problems
1.grub has an option for installing itself on the floppy disk.But when i try this it just doesn't want to work....it's like it doesn't know there's a FDD attached.I know there are other options but i wanted this one.Anyway i was able to skip this part ...nut not the second one.
2.I cannot connect to any mirrors.The network doesn't seem to be configured right . I found no option for doing this manually like in woody . What can i do . I am a computer in a 500 computer LAN.
There's no need for the PPP connection.
Please help .
Thanks
1.grub has an option for installing itself on the floppy disk.But when i try this it just doesn't want to work....it's like it doesn't know there's a FDD attached.I know there are other options but i wanted this one.Anyway i was able to skip this part ...nut not the second one.
2.I cannot connect to any mirrors.The network doesn't seem to be configured right . I found no option for doing this manually like in woody . What can i do . I am a computer in a 500 computer LAN.
There's no need for the PPP connection.
Please help .
Thanks
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Ahh...the Debian learning curve. I really like Debian, but it is difficult to get right. What image/iso did you use to install Sarge, the official one or another? Do you have the latest Debian install image? The older ones had some bugs.
I seem to remember running into this on my sarge install. It seems that the grub device list did not add the floppy definition. Can you look in /bot/grub at the devices and see if there is an entry like (fd0) /dev/fd0...or something like that.
You can install grub to a floppy fairly easily, if there is.
So the newt install went ok, but now you can't connect to mirrors? Is this a dynamic or static connection to the LAN...on a school lan perhaps?
I seem to remember running into this on my sarge install. It seems that the grub device list did not add the floppy definition. Can you look in /bot/grub at the devices and see if there is an entry like (fd0) /dev/fd0...or something like that.
You can install grub to a floppy fairly easily, if there is.
So the newt install went ok, but now you can't connect to mirrors? Is this a dynamic or static connection to the LAN...on a school lan perhaps?
Well i don't know what the lastest network install iso is.Can you tell me where to find it.
The network worked fine in Woody but here it seems that it doesn't exist and i have no option to configure.
i got the iso from here :
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
The network worked fine in Woody but here it seems that it doesn't exist and i have no option to configure.
i got the iso from here :
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
