[Gloucs] Debian network install

[paul cooke]

On Saturday 25 February 2006 01:27, Glyn Davies wrote:
> OK. Decided to give this debian malarkey a go on my laptop to see if it
> made a better fist of the built in wireless adapter.
>
> Decided on a net install DLing
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-c
>d/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
>
> The installer fails with
>
> [!!] load installer componetns from CD
> No kernel modules were found. This probably is due to a mismatch between
> the kernel used by this version of the installer and the kernel version
> available in the archive
>
> I then try to "Continue without loading kernel modules" but the
> installer doesn't find the Ethernet port (presumably because it hasn't
> loaded the modules).
>
> What gives?
>

they're in the middle of a big update in Debian testing with a new installer 
being introduced plus a boatload of other items being upgraded.

<http://www.uk.debian.org/News/weekly/2006/08/>

|Etch Beta1 broken installation media. Frans Pop announced that as a
|consequence to changes to the Debian archive, most of the installation media
|from Etch Beta1 are known to break. The only images that should still be
|usable are the full installation CDs. These changes are necessary for the
|Etch Beta2 release of Debian Installer. If you need to use one of the other
|installation methods, use the daily built images.     

you were just unlucky with your timing.

> It's a Company N1015v laptop (athlon) with a realtek chip on the
> ethernet port.