hello there can anybody help me?
i've got a brand new hp notebook and i'm having problems installing debian on it: i booted from cd, did the configurations/installation and when it says "now were ready for starting debaian the first time....." the notebook reboots, grub start, i press linux-2.8.9 (i think!) it loads a couple of things and halts on line:
ip1394 eth1 IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet fw-host0

eth1 i suppose is something with my firewire port but i dont know where to switch it off during instllation, AND since i dont get into any shell i cant configure it etc... can anybody tell me what possibilities there are to fix this problem?
thank u in advanced
squiddy

Just curious!
How often do you use the firewire? I mean your divice "IEEE-1394".
You could disable it in BIOS.
Sarge is still testing distro, it has some issues with hardware

sorry, i just found out a couple of minutes ago.... i cant disable my firewirre in my bios. im just checking if i could update my bios....!
but thx anyway... have u got any other suggestions? is there a way to install linux without some special components like linux off=something ?
thanx in advanced
squidyy

Of Course!!!!!!
Slackware

Sorry for being explicit a bit. I'm just hooked on Slack

Beware with HP Pavilion BIOS. Do not screw it up. They take $100 sevice just to open it. Very obnoxios service

ok... mmmmh... i dont get it sorry!
whatz slack? AND does slack solve my problem?

I have Firewire port on my Asus A7N8X-Deluxe mobo. Slackware deals with it no sweat

WHATZ SLACKWARE? ok forget bios... but what can i do?

Slackware is a distribution of Linux. The oldest one. Read about it here or at
http://distrowatch.com

ok now i knwo what slackware is... but what if i want to stick to debian... i'm already used to it (and to itz installation problems).....
firewire off?

Try asking on debian forums of maybe direct questions for "darkleaf" or "leonscape"
These members are Debian "Wolves"