On Wednesday 13 October 2010 03:30:38 s. keeling wrote: > Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com>: > > I think I'll give it one more try using your link and any tips > > other people have given me by then, and if I still can't do it I'll > > just install normally. > > No offense meant,
None taken! Thanks for the reply. > but wrong attitude. I've been saying this since > ca. '97: try again. The more installs you try, the more you learn > about the box and the more you know of what you need to know. You > learn more about the installer and its capabilities, and what software > you want/like/dislike. FFS, it's fun doing it, because you KNOW it's > eventually going to work, no matter how bleeding edge is your > hardware. > > Or, at least that's been my experience. Have fun with it man. Bang > your head on the wall until it falls over! This is my usual policy/habit - frequently seen by others as a character flaw ;-). But the owner of the box had already asked me to give up trying to save his old box :-(, and I have to get this new one to him in the near future or his (not my!) patience will run out. > Worst case, burn a backup first, then re-install. :-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201010130915.31240.lisi.re...@gmail.com