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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
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?
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