--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sándor Bárány wrote: > "After the hardware detection, the install loads the
> frame buffer module (even there was a vga=normal > parameter specified on the kernel line), which fails > (the hardware is so old, there is no frame buffer > support). This causes a loop" > > > Debian-installer-version: > > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/20040102/images/hd-media-image.img.gz > > sarge-i386-netinst-iso from a mirror of the > November 11th version > > That's very old, and it would be better to use the > daily builds. In > particular, the current images have documented, > working ways to turn off > the frame buffer. It may be old, but I think that even the recent builds seem to have a bug that affected Bárány. The installer seems to filter out some of the parameters that are passed at the boot prompt, even though they are standard-issue, documented kernel parameters. In Bárány's case, the ignored parameter was vga=normal. In my case, it was ide=nodma. IMHO, filtering parameters like this is a good path to frustration. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]