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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>no, i burnt the 70mb netinstall iso to a cd
and booted off that.. i don't actually have another linux box i can use as a nfs
server, and i dont have a serial cable..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>with the full 650mb cd, when i boot it hangs when i
get to the colour "welcome to debian... <continue>" screen</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm using graphics console for all of
this...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers, matt</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:grundler@parisc-linux.org"
title=grundler@parisc-linux.org>Grant Grundler</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:nitephyre@iinet.net.au" title=nitephyre@iinet.net.au>Matt
Lewis</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
href="mailto:parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org"
title=parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org>parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [parisc-linux] Probem
Installing: slang(version).deb corrupt</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:46:03AM +1000, Matt Lewis
wrote:<BR>> ok, i went and got the latest testing iso, but now it's
saying<BR>> that libc6_2.2.5-6_hppa.deb was corrupt and cannot
download...<BR>> thats cd no.2 coastered and another 70mb down... any
tips?<BR><BR>Full net install? (net boot with NFS root to run the
installer?)<BR><BR>current lifimages are also available that match the net
install ISOs.<BR>lifimage needs to be served from a bootp server.<BR><BR>>
the orginal problem was from both a cd i got with the computer<BR>> (an
earlier 70mb d/l it seems) and the latest full 650mb iso i
downloaded...<BR>> though if i try and boot from the big iso, the installer
starts then the<BR>> keyboard wont work... getting frustrated :|<BR><BR>Is
the keyboard hanging using a serial or graphics console?<BR><BR>In general,
the serial console is more stable and I suggest installing<BR>via the serial
console. Disconnect the USB keyboard and connect a DB9<BR>serial cable to
another linux box (9600, 8N1). Once installed, upgrade<BR>to a 2.4.23
kernel (available from <A
href="ftp://ftp.p-l.o/kernels/c3000">ftp.p-l.o/kernels/c3000</A>) and
then<BR>reconnect the keyboard before
rebooting.<BR><BR>grant<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>