I have the system up. The install incorrectly identified me as having network communications, which it did not. My only thought when I saw that the ftp address for the Debian mirror was wrong, and I figured it was not. The accompanying error reports of a unsupported version being requested is what started the bug alert/submission.
What probably aggravated the problem, and I've had it on 4 computers while installing via net install was that it requests drivers for certain nic cards or chipsets and requests you change the CD or insert a memory stick with the proper drivers. However you can't open the CD drive to make that change except with an emergency probe to force open the drive, which is still spinning. After many hours of fiddling with a memory stick I managed to get the required drivers. However I don't think the installation program identified them properly as the ports did not work, but there was no indication of a successful operation. It may help to: 1.) make sure that the disk is shutdown and open-able for the installer, along with identifying a proper path for the firmware. 2.) report that the firmware did load, as best as you can. 3.) both of the Ethernet ports were shown as 'available' yet couldn't use them and resorted to the wifi. This does seem questionable... I hope I've assisted in making the install work better, just these few items would be great. I hope my suggestions are reasonable, as I understand software development, it isn't always so easy as it sounds! The last two computers where an MSI motherboard and a Gigabyte motherboard, that were home built PC type clones, the first was an Apple G5 and the second was an HP laptop (which never would run Debian Linux.) Thanks, if I can assist, please let me know! Jack Wilborn Peoria, Arizona
