Re: install glitch - re. networking

2011-11-08 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Nov 2011 at 19:47:41 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: So the question remains, why doesn't the Squeeze installer see either of them - or more to the point, why does it hang when it goes looking? The installer goes off into the detecting network hardware step and never returns -

Re: install glitch - re. networking

2011-11-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Miles Fidelman wrote: Up to now, hardware autodetect has worked just fine - finding both NICs, identifying them, and giving me a choice. Now it all just hangs. I expect that I could escape out of the installer, and plug in some magic incantations - but a little guidance is what I'm looking

install glitch - re. networking

2011-11-07 Thread Miles Fidelman
I find myself in an odd situation: - I have a box I use as a sandbox, at home - I've installed all kinds of different distributions on it over the past couple of years - I recently installed OpenSuse with no problems, but then I tried to reinstall Debian (Squeeze) off a CD-Rom, and the

Re: install glitch - re. networking

2011-11-07 Thread Walter Hurry
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:43:24 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: I find myself in an odd situation: - I have a box I use as a sandbox, at home - I've installed all kinds of different distributions on it over the past couple of years - I recently installed OpenSuse with no problems, but then I

Re: install glitch - re. networking

2011-11-07 Thread Miles Fidelman
Walter Hurry wrote: On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:43:24 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: I find myself in an odd situation: - I have a box I use as a sandbox, at home - I've installed all kinds of different distributions on it over the past couple of years - I recently installed OpenSuse with no

Re: install glitch - re. networking

2011-11-07 Thread Walter Hurry
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:03:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Walter Hurry wrote: On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:43:24 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: I find myself in an odd situation: - I have a box I use as a sandbox, at home - I've installed all kinds of different distributions on it over the past

Re: install glitch - re. networking

2011-11-07 Thread Miles Fidelman
Walter Hurry wrote: On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:03:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Walter Hurry wrote: On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:43:24 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: I find myself in an odd situation: - I have a box I use as a sandbox, at home - I've installed all kinds of different distributions on