I sent this out this morning and it "Reply'd" only to the person who had responded instead of the the list (sorry, Paul, I meant it to go to the list).
-----Original Message----- From: Allen Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:16 AM To: Paul E Condon Subject: RE: Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")") Thanks, Paul, for the advice. At the risk of beating a dead horse, and for my own education (besides the fact that installing sarge would be a very easy and convenient way for me to do this- been working with unix since about 1987, but relatively new to linux and the newer versions): Having seen the bug report (Bug #247506), I thought this would be fixed. Is there anyway from the bug report to determine what exactly was wrong? The two emails I saw didn't shed any light on what the root problem was. I also noticed that the fix was dated Oct 7, 2004, so I'm this PM I'll make sure I have a version (oops! I understand what you mean by "version", but don't really have a better word; release, maybe?) from after that date. Is there any documentation on what scripts, etc. are executed during base install so I can fix this myself? "eval" is a shell command, so I'm assuming this is just a quick fix in a script somewhere. Is debootstrap a script? And, if worst comes to worst and I have to install woody and upgrade, I will need to get the iso image, do the install, then get the ethernet driver, and add that before I get on-line. I don't really need a cookbook, but if you can you point me to the documentation that describes where and how to go about getting and installing drivers before the system is on-line (I would need to download it to a CD from with a WinDoze machine that is currently up and running) it would be appreciated. Thanks, Allen > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul E Condon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline > unexpected (expecting ")") > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 12:04:40AM -0500, Allen Williams wrote: > > Trying to install sarge (woody doesn't have the support for my > intel 1000M > > ethernet card), plain vanilla x86 hardware: Linux system was previously > > installed. I've tried four or five different releases of sarge, with > > different dates, and searched email archives and Google and > found (almost) > > nothing. The one thing I found mentioned this error, and was a > bug report > > that said this was supposed to be fixed, but in all of the releases, up > > through September, I'm still getting this, and evidently I'm > the only one in > > the world. Someone, please help!! > > FYI, you can mix and match Debian distributions and kernels. In > particular, > you can install Woody and then upgrade to a kernel that includes > support for > your internet card. > > In general, once you have a working installation of Debian, you > can upgrade > piecemeal until you have a working version of Sid, *without* *being* *a* > *Debian* *guru*. How far you go from stable to bleeding edge is a > matter of > taste and of meeting your requirements for new features vs. stability. > > Because Sarge is also testing, versions of Sarge are not really versions, > more like its current condition on this or that particular date. Sarge is > nearing release as the new 'stable' version of Debian. But, one of the > last things that gets fixed in a proto-stable version is 'cold-turkey' > install. > > If you are sure that your problem is lack of support for your particular > ethernet card, try first installing Debian without that. Then you have > a functional base for getting that little detail. It may be worth your > while to scavenge an old junk etherenet card (that is supported) just to > get past this. > > Also, look carefully at your options during the install process (F- > keys, etc.), it is possible to select different kernel versions during > the initial install. This may get you what you need. > > In general, the Debain way is to install Debian and then when you have > reasonable control over your machine, configure it as you like. > > (just my advice) > > -- > Paul E Condon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
