On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 01:04, Rick_Thomas wrote: > On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 17:57, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Friday 10 September 2004 23:04, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > When it asked, I chose the > > > uchicago mirror as usual, and it loaded the installer-components > > > list (I think -- I didn't get the exact words) after which it > > > *again* complained about not finding any kernel modules! I told it > > > to continue anyway, and it started downloading and unpacking > > > installer components from the uchicago mirror (presumably). > > > > Ignoring this message will mean your installation is always going to fail as > > the installer won't recognize your disk. > > > > Missing installer modules probably means you are using an incorrect > > distribution on your mirror. > > You probably need to select 'unstable' instead of using the default 'testing'. > > > > You can do this by backing up to the menu (for example from country-chooser), > > changing debconf priority to medium, and then choose 'unstable' when you are > > selecting your mirror. > > > > The reason is there are kernel-changes happening ATM and the version the > > floppies are build with is probably not yet available in testing. > > Well... these were the 2.4 floppies. Does that make a difference? > > I'll try it with a different mirror. That's easy to do. >
Well... I tried with "ftp.us.debian.org" as the mirror, and "version to install" as "unstable" Same result -- no disks recognized by the kernel, so none to partition. I tried "save debug logs to floppy". Per instructions, I fed it a formatted floppy (Mac [HFS] formatted. Would PC [FAT] formatted or Linux [ext2] formatted have been better?) it made a few seconds of floppy read/write noises then declared that it was "unable to find any floppy device". (The use of the word "device" here makes me think that regardless of the format, I would have had the same results. Or am I assuming too much linguistic precision on the part of the person who wrote that error message?) After I rebooted into a working system I examined the floppy. Nothing had been written to it. Hope some of this helps! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
