Re: Problem with reinstallation, bootloader

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

On 11/12/14 11:53, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Riccardo Mottola, le Wed 12 Nov 2014 11:30:29 +0100, a écrit :
> > 1) if I try text-install, I select additional components (I only add DDE for
> > network stuff),
> Why selection additional components by hand?  The automatic way should
> just work.
If I enable DDE, I get a network card detected, since DHCP is attempted, 
if I do not, I get the message that no network card is present.
DHCP fails,I want to fall back to manual configuration and the computer 
stays witha blue screen and a blinking cursor forever.

> > it will freeze without any error while loading additional
> > components. Perhaps I go out of memory (I'm tight) ?
> Can't say if you don't tell how much tight you are.
I have 256M

> > The 2013 CD worked with my limited ram, are we more hungry now?
> Debian in general gets more and more hungry, yes.  I had to bump d-i's
> lowmem limits quite a lot for Linux too.
looks like a dim path to get my hurd machine bach on track :(
> > 2) just for the sake of it I tried pseudo-graphical install, with and
> > without CJK but I still get a black screen
> Uh, it's very odd that without CJK you get a black screen.  I guess
> nowadays video cards are just not able to properly process what used to
> be very standard modes.
I extra tried again. Black screen.
I should be a nVidia  TNT with 16MB

Other options barren getting the hard disk into another PC? Is there a 
back-up of older but not-so-old installers? I was able to complete my 
install about one year ago.

Riccardo