So far, so futile. :-(
Plan A was to install Debian 3.0 r2 (Woody). The install process dies on the first reboot:
Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler - not syncing.
I don't appear to be the only one with this issue - it appears that roadwarrior's hardware isn't compatable with Woody.
I know all the hardware can be made to work with Linux, though - Knoppix 3.6 drives everything fine. So, Plan B was to install from Knoppix, but that didn't work either:
Error: Formatting of failed.
I'm not alone in having this problem, either, but I don't have a scooby what to do about it.
Now, I'm sure that if I were a Linux guru, I'b be pulling working bits out of Knoppix and stuffing them into Woody, but frankly, I wouldn't know where to start. So, Plan C is to grab Sarge and see how far I get with that.
Posted to Linux by Simon Brunning at September 29, 2004 10:47 AMWhat a hassle.
Q: Why those versions of Unix in particular?
Posted by: Mark Matthews on September 29, 2004 11:03 AMDebian has been consistently recommended to me both face-to-face and online - see http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/001569.html for instance. I think that the real problem there was that I was being such a wuss and getting the (two year old) stable version rather than the testing version, which is reputedly as stable as other people's test versions.
Knoppix because I aready had it, and cos it just *works*. It's like black magic - wack in the CD, boot, and it picks up *all* your hardware. Give it a try - is won't touch your hard disk unless you go a long way out of your way to tell it to, so your existing Windows installation will be quite safe.
Posted by: Simon Brunning on September 29, 2004 11:10 AMI've used debian fairly extensively as the company we host with builds debian boxes, and they are really nice generally speaking. However personally I wouldn't want to install debian :-)
I used SuSE at home as my desktop PC for about three years and so if I was going to install anything I would install that.
Posted by: Richard Chamberlain on September 29, 2004 11:12 AMSimon, your three step plan to Debian delight;
1. Boot with a Knoppix Live CD
2. Turn it into a hard drive installation
3. sudo apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
Bob will then be your Aunty's live in lover.
Posted by: Andy Todd on September 29, 2004 03:33 PMp.s. Knoppix *is* Debian, hence the simplicity of my cunning plan. All it add to a bog standard version of Debian is the live CD and hardware detection wizadry.
Posted by: Andy Todd on September 29, 2004 03:34 PMAndy,
I tried that. Phase two went a bit Pete Tong - see above. :-(
Still, I don't want to tempt fate, but Sarge seems to be installing well. It's getting all the packages via HTTP, though, so it's taking a *looooooong* time.
Posted by: Simon Brunning on September 29, 2004 03:36 PMI still must highly recommend the new debian-installer at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ . I think it's easier than the various knoppix solutions discussed. I typically start with a "minimal" installation and then add packages as needed.
Chris
I'm having real trouble with knoppix, has anyone managed to install it yet?
Posted by: Leo on October 8, 2004 07:23 PM