Updated Debian-Installer? / Was: gtk-imonc from Debian unstable not available in Ubuntu

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 11:33:04AM +0200, Battermann, Joerg wrote:

> in regards to those new packages for Hoary, do you know whether an updated
> version of the debian-installer will be used too?

Yes, and new installer improvements will be made in addition.  However, do
not expect to be able to install Hoary directly from CD in the near future.
For some time, the only available installation method for Hoary will be to
install Warty and then upgrade.

If the problem is in detecting your CD-ROM, you might try an Ubuntu network
install.

> I have a problem that none of my (p-ata/ide) cd-roms is detected by the
> ubuntu-installer and therefore i cannot install ubuntu on my machine.
> however, using the debian-(net)installer from like 2-3 weeks ago worked
> perfectly to install debian, but I'd prefer having ubuntu on my machine
> sooner or later.

If you are having a problem with intsallation, we would appreciate the
opportunity to debug it.  If your bug is similar to one which is already
reported, please add your experiences and participate in the process of
isolating the bug.  If it is not, please file a new one so that we can track
down your problem.

Don't assume that merging with the Sarge installer will fix your problem;
there are other differences between Debian and Ubuntu.

> There are other people that reported that error, namely:
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=229&goto=newpost
> 
> 
> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428

This bug doesn't have enough information to determine what the problem might
be.

> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399
> 
> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1440

Both of these bugs appear to be kernel issues, and would not be fixed by a
new release of the installer.  It may be that it is not present in kernel
2.4, which is (I believe) used by default in sarge.

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 - mdz