Install problem with Debian Sarge

[Fraser Campbell]

On Monday 31 May 2004 17:50, Gilles Fourchet wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to install Sarge on a PC.  Actually, I would like to
> compile a 2.6 kernel but, as it needs the module-init-tools package and
> this module is not available with Woody, I assume that I have to go with
> Sarge.

I ran 2.6 on woody for quite a while using some backports from 
http://www.backports.org/debian/pool/main/m/module-init-tools/ ... do a 
search on that site and you will also find some 2.6 kernel packages.  I 
haven't used these for a while but I would think they still work.


> Anyway, as this is not a problem for me, let's go for it.  I did a
> sucessfull install a couple of weeks ago using the Beta 4 floppy disks
> (my machine is so old that it cannot boot on a CD).  I am currently
> trying to reinstall it and it is not working anymore: the ID modules
> (ide-mod, ide-detect, ide-generic, etc.) are not installed anymore and
> then, when it is time to partition my disk, I have of course no disk to
> partition.

Same floppies, same machines??? Very odd.


> Did you have encounter this problem and, if yes, did you find a solution?

I once downloaded an image where the wrong kernel modules were on the floppy 
(i.e. modules were for 2.4.X, kernel was 2.4.Y).  Perhaps that is your 
problem?

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