[Arm-netbook] Debian Installer fully functional for ChiTech PC89E

Michael Howard mike at dewberryfields.co.uk
Sat Mar 27 09:17:03 GMT 2010


Frans Pop wrote:
> On Friday 26 March 2010, Michael Howard wrote:
>   
>>> When you get to mirror selection, back up to the main menu and change
>>> the debconf priority to "medium". Then start mirror selection again
>>> and you will have the option to select Lenny. If you prefer, you can
>>> change the debconf priority back to "high" after that.
>>>       
>> No, doesn't seem to work here. I could of course be doing something
>> wrong.
>>
>> Backing up to the main menu, changing to medium and going again results
>> in exactly the same scenario Select country, select mirror, download
>> files, partman.
>>     
>
> You change the priority to medium using the "Change debconf priority" 
> option in the main menu. If you then select "Choose a mirror" you will be 
> asked more detailed questions than when the debconf priority is set to 
> high (the default).
> One of the extra questions, after selecting the mirror itself and the proxy 
> question, is which Debian version to install.
>
>   
You know, for some reason I didn't see that option and thought it was a 
quirk of what you guys had been doing, oops :) It is there of course!

Anyway, I modified the root.img to install lenny.

Cheers,

-- 
Michael Howard        mike at dewberryfields dot co dot uk
Lancashire
England




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