From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail37c8.carrierinternetsolutions.com ([69.49.106.187] helo=mail37c8.megamailservers.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1J94Bl-0002g7-00 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:51:13 -0500 X-POP-User: vanye.clearwire.net Received: from ravensong.clearwire.net (69-44-252-62.mrc.clearwire-dns.net [69.44.252.62]) by mail37c8.megamailservers.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lBUJp68o017980 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:51:07 -0500 Received: from ravensong.clearwire.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ravensong.clearwire.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lBUJpB3c004825 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:51:12 -0700 Received: (from gaijin@localhost) by ravensong.clearwire.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id lBUJpBPs004824 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:51:11 -0800 Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:51:11 -0800 From: Gaijin To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Debian Etch NetInst bug during kernel installation? Message-ID: <20071230195111.GA4797@clearwire.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:51:13 -0000 Hello all, Tried installing Etch a number of times. The first time I did it without allowing the root user and it installed just fine, but I couldn't su into the root status, or whatever they're trying to do, so I reinstalled Etch. The second time around, it asked to install the kernel again and it wouldn't take. I tried re-installing a third, fourth, and fifth time and finally got it on the sixth by skipping tasksel, and while trying to install the GUI, it crashed and broke syslogd and wouldn't start for nothing. I was wondering if anyone had any tips for getting past the bug. If I hadn't already done it once on the first installation, I would think it couldn't be done. The post-installation version of tasksel seems broken, as most of the core features were never installed. Standard features like less and grep were missing, and the post-installation version of tasksel didn't offer the choice. Anyway, I'm about to try again and see if I can't run tasksel off Shane's netinst CD from another console while it might still be available. I absolutely love the latest cursor tracking features in the 2.6 kernels. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Michael